Ordibehesht or Ardibehesht (Persian: اردیبهشت, Persian pronunciation: [oɾdiːbeˈheʃt / æɾdiːbeˈheʃt])[1] is the second month of the Zoroastrian calendar,[1] which is used officially in Iran and Afghanistan. It has 31 days[1] and spans the months of April and May in the Gregorian calendar. The Afghan Persian name for the month is Saur or Sowr.
| Ordibehesht | |
|---|---|
| Native name | |
| Calendar | Zoroastrian calendar |
| Month number | 2 |
| Number of days | 31 |
| Season | Spring |
| Gregorian equivalent | April–May |
Its associated astrological sign in the tropical zodiac is Taurus.
Ordibehesht is the second month of the spring season (Bahar), and is followed by the month of Khordad.[1]
Events
edit- 13, S.H. 1265 – Haymarket affair (first police confrontation against workers' groups in Chicago)
- 4, S.H. 1294 – Landing at Anzac Cove (part of the Gallipoli campaign of World War I)
- 19. S.H. 1299 - Kiev Victory Parade (1920)
- 5, S.H. 1324 – National Liberation Committee declares war against the Nazi-backed Italian Social Republic
- 18, S.H. 1324 – End of World War II in Europe
- 1, S.H. 1346 – Coup d'état in the Kingdom of Greece
- 3, S.H. 1353 – Carnation Revolution (in the Portuguese Empire)
- 10, S.H. 1354 – Fall of Saigon (part of the Vietnam War)
- 7, S.H. 1357 – Saur Revolution
- 6, S.H. 1365 – Chernobyl disaster (in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union)
- 22, S.H. 1377 – Fall of Suharto (1998 riots in Indonesia following the Trisakti shootings; Suharto resigns as Indonesian president on 31 Ordibehesht)
- 26, S.H. 1382 – 2003 Casablanca bombings (series of suicide bombings by Muslim militants in Morocco)
Holidays
edit- 4/5 Ordibehesht – Freedom Day (Portugal)
- 5/6 Ordibehesht – Anzac Day and Liberation Day (Italy)
- 10 Ordibehesht – Persian Gulf National Day
- 11 or 12 Ordibehesht – International Workers' Day and U.S. Loyalty Day
- 15 or 16 Ordibehesht - Star Wars Day
- 18 or 19 Ordibehesht – Victory in Europe Day
- 19 or 20 Ordibehesht– Victory Day (9 May), Europe Day
- Final Saturday – U.S. Armed Forces Day
Deaths
edit- Day 2, S.H. 1373 – Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States
- Day 17, S.H. 1391 – Iraj Ghaderi, Iranian film director and actor
- Day 24, S.H. 1392 – Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani, Iranian Twelver Shia cleric
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Months and Seasons – Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
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