Shahrivargan · Jashn-e Shahrivargan

Culture of origin: Zoroastrian · Ancient festival

Holiday sources: Iran · Zoroastrianism

Shahrivargan is the name-day feast of Khshathra Vairya (Shahrivar), the Amesha Spenta of dominion, on the fourth day of the sixth month, both named for him. In the Gathas he has no creation of his own; only in later texts did he become guardian of metals, as the sky, once imagined as stone, came to be thought of as metal. Al-Biruni records a fire festival on this day that marked the start of winter in Tokharistan.