Today is:

6 January 2009 (Gregorian)	24 December 2008 (Julian)	10 Tevet 5769 (Hebrew)	11st day 12th month 4706 (Chinese)
9 Muharram 1430 (Islamic)	16 Pausa 1930 (Saka)	6 Mokkarakhom 2552 (Thai)	7 Sharaf 164 (Baha'i)
17 Dey 1387 (Persian)	28 Tahsas 2001 (Ethiopian)	22 Dhanu 1184 (Malayalam)	28 Koiak 1725 (Coptic)
22 Margazhi 107/22 Sarvadhari (Tamil)		The Moon is Waxing

YESTERDAY:
Monday, 5 January

TODAY:
Tuesday, 6 January

TOMORROW:
Wednesday, 7 January

Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikh)
Twelfth Night (Christian)

Day of the Kings
Day of the Three Magi
Dia de Los Reyes (Puerto Rico, Three King's Day)
Epiphany (Christian)
Feast of the Theophany (Orthodox Christian)
Holy Day of The Blackmen

Ashura (Islam)
Baptism of the Lord Jesus (Christian)
Nativity of Jesus Christ (Orthodox Christian, Orthodox Christmas)

Berchtold's Day

Berchtold's Day celebrates Duke Berchtold V, who founded Bern (the federal capital of Switzerland) in the 12th century.

According to legend, the Duke went on a hunting trip declaring that he would name the settlement after the first animal he killed. As it turned out, his first kill was a bear, or Bár in German. The place was therefore named Bárn, the spelling of which was later changed to become Bern.

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