Today is Sunday, November 24: day 329 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 37 days.
The sun will rise at 8:24 Moscow time, and at 16:11 it will go below the horizon. At 12:17 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 46 minutes, and darkness will last 16 hours 14 minutes.
Church holidays
22nd week after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the Venerable Theodore the Studite, Abbot.
Name days: Maxim, Fedor, Evgeniy, Stepan, Vikentiy, Victor.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates Mother's Day and Walrus Day.
Also in the Russian Federation, November 24 is celebrated as Sugar Beet Industry Worker's Day.
Today Tajikistan celebrates Flag Day, Turkey celebrates Teachers' Day, and the USA celebrates Friendship Day.
Events of November 24
In 1861, the Council of Ministers was officially established in the Russian Empire.
In 1963, the assassin of US President John Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, was fatally wounded.
In 1969, the USSR and the USA ratified the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
In 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to score in five World Cups.
Who was born on November 24
In 1730, Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov was born.
In 1938, the actress and Honored Artist of the RSFSR Natalya Krachkovskaya was born.
In 1941, KVN director Alexander Maslyakov was born.
In 1948, actress Lyudmila Porgina was born.
In 1954, director Emir Kusturica was born.
In 1958, the actor and People's Artist of Russia Andrei Smolyakov was born.
Folk omens
If the river is covered with transparent ice, a harsh winter is expected.
If the ice is cloudy, then a mild winter with frequent thaws is coming.
Birds are active - the weather in December will be warm.
