Today is Thursday, September 5th: the 249th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 117 days.
The sun will rise at 5:43 Moscow time, and will set at 19:15. At 12:29 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 13 hours 31 minutes, and darkness will last 10 hours 29 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 11 after Pentecost. No fast. Afterglow of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. Today, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the martyr Luppus of Thessalonica.
Name days: Ephraim, John, Irenaeus, Nicholas, Paul.
Secular holidays
Today the world celebrates International Day of Charity.
India celebrates Teachers' Day on September 5, and Kazakhstan celebrates Kazakh Language Day.
Events of September 5
The Russo-Japanese War ended in 1905.
In 1941, German troops completely captured Estonia.
In 1972, during the Olympics in Munich, Germany, a group of Palestinian terrorists took the Israeli team hostage.
In 2022, a terrorist attack occurred near the Russian embassy in Kabul (Afghanistan).
Who was born on September 5th
In 1817, the writer Alexei Tolstoy was born.
In 1929, cosmonaut and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Andriyan Nikolaev was born.
In 1946, the singer and founder of the group Queen, Freddie Mercury, was born.
In 1984, actress Yulia Peresild was born.
Folk omens
If there is no frost on Lupa's Day, the weather will be warm until the end of September.
The cranes have already gathered for warmer climates – for an early winter.
The weather will improve if fog sets in in the evening.
Autumn will be long and warm if the peas in the beds have blossomed.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
