Hamaspathmaidyem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Hamaspathmaidyem

Culture of origin: Zoroastrian · Ancient festival

Holiday sources: Iran · Zoroastrianism

Hamaspathmaidyem, an Avestan name with no agreed meaning, is the sixth and last gahambar, held to celebrate the creation of mankind and counted the most important of the six. Since the five Gatha days entered the calendar it has been kept on them, and they were linked to Zoroaster's five Gathas: reciting the Gathas on these days is held highly meritorious. The same days are the "greater five" of Farvardigan, the festival of the souls of the dead.