30 Azar · Atar 1420

Events on this day

• Feast of Ezid · Cejna Êzîd

  Yezidi · Cultural

  The Friday that breaks the three-day fast of Ezid, the last Friday before 21 December; for Yezidis from Turkey the most important feast of the year.

• Hanukkah · Day 3

  Jewish · Cultural

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

• Yalda Night · Shab-e Yalda

  Iranian · Ancient festival

  The longest night of the year, kept awake with family, pomegranates and the poems of Hafez. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2022.

Other events

• Fast of the Annunciation (Assyrian Advent fast) · Day 20
• Nativity Fast · Day 23
• Nativity Fast (new calendar) · Day 36

Facts

• Day 276 of 1420
• 90 days left
• Zodiac sign: Sagittarius · Qows