Zarthost No-Diso (Parsi, Shahenshahi) · Zartosht No-Diso

Culture of origin: Zoroastrian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Zoroastrianism

Zarthost No-Diso is the death anniversary of Zarathustra, kept on Khorshed, the eleventh day of the tenth month, Dey. On the Parsis' Shahenshahi calendar it now falls in late May; Iran keeps the same day on 5 Dey. It is a sorrowful day: Zoroastrians visit the fire temple, pray for the prophet and the fravashis, and reflect on the Gathas. Tradition says he was killed at the age of 77.