23 Tir · Tishtrya 1420

Events on this day

• Asalha Puja (Dhamma Day) · Asalha Puja

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The Buddha's first sermon at Sarnath, on the full moon of Asalha (Sri Lanka's Esala Poya), the eve of the rains retreat.

• Dehwa Rabba · Day 2

  Mandaean · Cultural

  The Mandaean New Year, 1–2 Dowla. The Mandaean year has no leap day, so it moves a day earlier every four years.

Other events

• Assassination of Ghassemlou
• Guru Purnima
• Zamling Chisang (Universal Prayer Day) · Zamling Chisang

Facts

• Day 116 of 1420
• 250 days left
• Zodiac sign: Cancer · Saratan