Dey (month)

Dey (Persian: دی, Persian pronunciation: [dei̯]^[1]) is the tenth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. It marks the start of winter.^[1] It has thirty days,^[1] beginning in December and ending in January of the Gregorian Calendar.

Dey
Native name	دی (Persian) جدی (Dari) Befranbar (Kurdish) Дай / Ҷадӣ (Tajik)
Calendar	Solar Hijri calendar
Month number	10
Number of days	30
Season	Winter
Gregorian equivalent	December-January
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The associated astrological sign in the tropical zodiac is Capricorn.^[1]

The name is derived from Daθušō, "The Creator" (i.e. Ahura Mazda).

Events

• 10 - 1363 - In a public ceremony in Bandar Seri Begawan, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah declares Brunei as an sovereign, independent nation.
• 5 - 1370 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union
• 6 - 1383 - Boxing Day tsunami
• 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^{[citation needed]}.
• 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)
• Traditional Epiphany and Armenian Christmas - 16 or 17 Dey
• Ethiopian Christmas - 17 or 18 Dey
• Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - 23 or 24 Dey (Traditional), fourth Sunday of Dey (modern)
• 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.