16 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1420

Events on this day

• Chotrul Düchen (Day of Miracles) · Chotrul Duchen

  Buddhist · Cultural

  The first full moon after Losar, closing the fifteen days of the Buddha's miracles at Shravasti, kept with displays of butter lamps.

• Purim

  Jewish · Cultural

  The rescue of the Jews of Persia told in the Book of Esther. Iranian Jews have long marked it at the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan. Begins at sunset the evening before.

Other events

• Bahá'í Fast · Day 6
• Nirvana Day (Chinese calendar)
• Great Lent · Day 11
• Holika Dahan
• The five dark days before Parwanaya · Mbaṭṭal days · Day 3

Facts

• Day 352 of 1420
• 14 days left
• Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut