Today is Saturday, October 5th: the 279th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 87 days.
The sun will rise at 6:41 Moscow time, and at 17:56 it will go below the horizon. At 12:19 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 11 hours 14 minutes, and darkness will last 12 hours 46 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 15 after Pentecost. No fast. Day of Remembrance of the Prophet Jonah and the Holy Martyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope.
Name days: Alexander, Veniamin, Jonah, Isaac, Kuzma, Makar, Martin, Nikolai, Praskovya, Peter, Fyodor, Feofan, Foka.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Criminal Investigation Department Workers' Day.
Also on October 5, the sports festival All-Russian Walking Day is held.
World Teachers' Day is celebrated under the auspices of the UN.
Events of October 5
In 1502, Christopher Columbus discovered Costa Rica.
In 1910, a republic was established in Portugal.
In 1925, Ernest Hemingway's first book was published.
In 2016, António Guterres was elected UN Secretary-General.
Who was born on October 5th
In 1943, People's Artist of the USSR, actress Inna Churikova was born.
In 1952, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon was born.
In 1961, actress Irina Metlitskaya was born.
In 1976, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was born.
Folk omens
The birch tree has not shed all its leaves – winter will come late.
An abundance of cobwebs in the air promises a warm autumn and late cold weather.
There are few cones on the pine trees – a mild winter is expected.
