5 Dey · Dadvah 1417

Events on this day

• Hanukkah · Day 5

  Jewish · Cultural

  The Festival of Lights, eight days from 25 Kislev. Begins at sunset the evening before.

• Zartosht No-Diso, Death of Zarathustra · Zartosht No-Diso

  Zoroastrian · Ancient festival

  Zoroastrians remember the death of Zarathustra on Khorshid day of the month Dey. (Fasli: 26 December.)

Other events

• Bam Earthquake · Zelzeleh-ye Bam
• Batizmi (Feast of Pir Ali) · Batizmî · Day 1
• Boxing Day (St Stephen's Day)
• Feast of the Holy Family · Eyd-e Khanevadeh-ye Moqaddas
• Nativity Fast · Day 29
• Synaxis of the Theotokos

Facts

• Day 281 of 1417
• 84 days left
• Zodiac sign: Capricorn · Jadi