18 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1418

Events on this day

• Vesak (Buddha Day) · Vesak

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, on the full moon of Vaishakha as India and Sri Lanka keep it; Thailand and Singapore sometimes keep it a month later, and Sri Lanka sometimes a day earlier.

• Victory in Europe Day

  National · National holiday

  The end of the Second World War in Europe on 8 May 1945, a public holiday in France.

Other events

• Apparition of the Holy Cross · Khachi Yerevman Ton
• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 29
• Pesach Sheni

Facts

• Day 49 of 1418
• 316 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr