Dey ( fa, دی,
) is the tenth month of the
Solar Hijri calendar
The Solar calendar ( fa, گاهشماری هجری خورشیدی, Gâhšomâri-ye Xoršidi; ps, لمريز لېږدیز کلیز, lamrez legdez kalhandara; ku, ڕۆژژمێری کۆچیی ھەتاوی, Salnameya Koçberiyê) is a solar c ...
, the official calendar of
Iran
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and
Afghanistan
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. It marks the start of winter.
It has thirty days,
beginning in December and ending in January of the
Gregorian Calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years dif ...
.
The associated
astrological sign
In Western astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from the first day of spring, known as the First Point of Aries, which is the vernal equinox. ...
in the
tropical zodiac
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is
Capricorn.
The name is derived from Daθušō, "The Creator" (i.e.
Ahura Mazda).
Events
* 10 - 1363 - In a public ceremony in
Bandar Seri Begawan
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, Sultan of Brunei
Hassanal Bolkiah declares Brunei as an sovereign, independent nation.
* 5 - 1370 -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
* 6 - 1383 -
Boxing Day tsunami
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*9 - 1388 - Conservative counterdemonstrations during 2009–10 Iranian election protests. Commemorated by hardline figures.
* 27 - 1345 - Super Bowl I held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California between the National Football League and the American Football League.
Births
Deaths
* 5 - 1351 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
* 5 - 1385 - Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States
* 13 - 1391 - Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani, was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid.
* 15 - 1311 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
* 15 - 1297 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
Observances
* Khorram rooz and Feast Day of Ahura Mazda - 1 Dey
* Christmas Eve - 3 or 4 Dey
* Christmas - 4 or 5 Dey, celebrated by Christians of Iranian descent who use the Gregorian Calendar (Georgian date: December 25)
* Boxing Day - 5 or 6 Dey
* New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar) - 10 or 11 Dey
* Zartosht No-Diso - 11 Dey (Zoroastrian holiday, one of the most holy days of Zoroastrianism)
* Epiphany (holiday), Traditional Epiphany and Observance of Christmas by country, Armenian Christmas - 16 or 17 Dey
* Observance of Christmas by country, Ethiopian Christmas - 17 or 18 Dey
* Baptism of the Lord, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - 23 or 24 Dey (Traditional), fourth Sunday of Dey (modern)
* Epiphany (holiday), Traditional Epiphany (Julian Calendar) and Timkat - 29 or 30 Dey
For those countries that observe Epiphany on the first Sunday of January following the New Year, the Solar Hijri date falls as the third Sunday of Dey.
References
Months of the Iranian calendar
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