Bahman (, ) is the eleventh and penultimate month of the

Solar Hijri calendar The Solar Hijri calendar is the official calendar of Iran. It is a solar calendar, based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Each year begins on the day of the March equinox and has years of 365 or 366 days. It is sometimes also called the S ...

, the official calendar of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and

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. Bahman has thirty days. It begins in January and ends in February of the

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. The month is equivalent to Aquarius in the

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. Bahman is the second month of winter, and is followed by Esfand. 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 Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. No direct record of Proto-Indo-European exists; its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-Euro ...

''*ves'' 'to revere, stand in awe of', and ''MAN'' meaning 'passion, determination, spirit, mind power'. '' Vohu Manah'' is also a concept in

Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religions, Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zoroaster, Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, ...

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 American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two sports leagues, leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western L ...

, the younger of the two leagues constituting

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, 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. * 22 - 1357 - Supreme Military Council of Iran declares itself neutral in the face of Islamic resistance of Ruhollah Khomeini's forces against pro-Shah elements, resulting in the termination of the

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* 15 – 1394 – Bangladesh Bank heist

Births

* 10 – 1297 – Jackie Robinson, second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, first African American player in modern-day Major League Baseball * 24 – 1364 – Todd Frazier, professional baseball player for the New York Mets, 34th overall draft pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, brother of Jeff Frazier, Olympic silver medalist

Deaths

Observances

Chinese New Year Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival (see also #Names, § Names), is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a New Year, new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar, lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is one of the most important holi ...

– 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 – 2 Bahman, Zoroastrian holiday * Republic Day (India) and

Australia Day Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Flag of Great Britain, Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a ...

– 6–7 Bahman * Sadeh (Persian: سده also transliterated as Sade), The Iranian fire festival – 10 Bahman * Candlemas - 12 or 13 Bahman * National Day of Sri Lanka – 16 Bahman * Islamic Revolution Day – 22 Bahman *

Valentine's Day Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a Christian martyrs, martyr named Saint Valentine, Valentine, and ...

– 25–26 Bahman

References

Months of the Iranian calendar {{Iran-stub