Ordibehesht

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 Dari name for the month is Saur or Sowr.

Ordibehesht
Native name	اردیبهشت (Persian) ثَور (Dari) Gulan / Banemer (Kurdish) Урдибиҳишт / Савр (Tajik)
Calendar	Zoroastrian calendar
Month number	2
Number of days	31
Season	Spring
Gregorian equivalent	April–May
← Farvardin Khordad →

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

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Day 30, S.H. 1403 – Ebrahim Raisi, 8th president of the Islamic Republic of Iran