Bahman ( fa, بهمن, ) is the eleventh and penultimate month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Bahman has thirty days. It begins in January and ends in February of the Gregorian calendar. The month is equivalent to

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in the Zodiac. Bahman is the second month of winter, and is followed by

Esfand Esfand ( fa, اسفند, ) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Esfand has twenty-nine days normally, and thirty during leap years. It begins in February and ends in March of ...

. In modern Persian "Bahman" literally means "Snow Avalanche". But Bahman is also thought to be a derivative modern form of ''Vohu Manah''. ''Vôhü Manö'' consists of two parts: ''VÔHÜ'' coming from the root ''vah'', from Proto-Indo-European ''*ves'' 'to revere, stand in awe of', and ''MAN'' meaning 'passion, determination, spirit, mind power'. '' Vohu Manah'' is also a concept in Zoroastrianism meaning "pure mind/spirit" or "absolute consciousness".

Events

* 4 - 1302 - The Opening Ceremony of the

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is held in Chamonix in France. Formerly titled as the "International Winter Sports Week", the Games were made in response to calls made in a 1920 IOC meeting to give winter sports their chance in the Olympic Games. * 8 – 1279 – the American League, the younger of the two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, was officially founded on the basis of the teams comprising a former regional minor league, the Western League. * 13 – 1252 – The National League, the older of the two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, was founded. * 13 – 1323 –

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begins * 14 – 1326 –

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, then Ceylon, becomes an independent nation under the Commonwealth, with full Dominion status. * 15 – 1394 –

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Births

* 10 – 1297 –

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, second baseman for the

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Deaths

Observances

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– Movable (either on the first to third week of Bahman) * Super Bowl Sunday – Third or Fourth Sunday of Bahman * Washington's Birthday and President's Day – Last Monday of Bahman *

Bahmanagān Bahmanagān ( fa, بهمنگان) or BAHMANJANA (Arabicized form of Middle Persian Bahmanagān; forms such as Bahmaṇča ( fa, بهمنجه) or Bahmaṇčena are also found) was a Zoroastrian Iranian festival which was maintained until the Mongol ...

– 2 Bahman, Zoroastrian holiday * Republic Day (India) and Australia Day – 6–7 Bahman * Sadeh (Persian: سده‎ also transliterated as Sade), The Iranian fire festival – 10 Bahman *

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- 12 or 13 Bahman * National Day of Sri Lanka – 16 Bahman * Islamic Revolution Day – 22 Bahman * Valentine's Day – 25–26 Bahman

References

Months of the Iranian calendar {{Iran-stub