18 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1420

Events on this day

• Buddha's Birthday · Fodan

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The Buddha's birth on the 8th day of the 4th Chinese lunar month, a public holiday in South Korea, Hong Kong and Macau, lit in Korea with the Lotus Lantern Festival.

• Israel's Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut)

  National · National holiday

  The declaration of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, 5 Iyar in the Hebrew calendar.

Other events

• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 21

Facts

• Day 49 of 1420
• 317 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr