14 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1416

Events on this day

• Maha Shivaratri

  Hindu · Cultural

  The great night of Shiva, kept with a night-long fast and vigil on the 14th night of the waning moon of Magha (Phalguna in the northern reckoning), in February or March.

• Vartanants (St Vartan and his companions) · Vartanants

  Armenian · Historical

  The Armenians who fell at Avarayr in 451, in today's West Azerbaijan province, on the Thursday before Great Lent.

Other events

• Bahá'í Fast · Day 4
• Death of Mohammad Mosaddegh
• Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) · Maslenitsa · Day 4

Facts

• Day 350 of 1416
• 16 days left
• Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut