29 Amordad · Ameretat 1420

Events on this day

• Krishna Janmashtami · Janmashtami

  Hindu · Cultural

  Krishna's birth at midnight, on the eighth day of the waning moon of Bhadrapada (Shravana in the southern reckoning), in August or September; this is the Vaishnava date, and Smarta households may keep it a day earlier.

• Transfiguration (Orthodox)

  Christian · Cultural

  Christ shown in glory on the mountain, on 6 August of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

Other events

• Dormition Fast · Day 6
• Merelots: Remembrance of the Dead after the Assumption · Merelots
• Nineteen Day Feast

Facts

• Day 153 of 1420
• 213 days left
• Zodiac sign: Leo · Asad