Today is Thursday, September 12: the 256th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 110 days.
The sun will rise at 5:57 Moscow time, and at 18:57 it will set. At 12:27 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 13 hours, and darkness will last 11 hours.
Church holidays
Week 12 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of Saints Alexander, John the Faster and Paul the New, Patriarchs of Constantinople.
On September 12, the Church celebrates the discovery of the relics of the blessed prince Daniel of Moscow and the transfer of the relics of the blessed grand prince Alexander Nevsky, in schema Alexy.
Name days: Alexander, Arseny, Afanasy, Gabriel, Gregory, Daniel, Dionysius, Elizabeth, Ephraim, John, Ignatius, Leonid, Makar, Nicodemus, Pavel, Peter, Savva, Spiridon, Theodore, Christopher, Jacob.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates Programmer's Day.
South-South Cooperation Day is celebrated under the auspices of the UN.
Today, the world also celebrates International Crochet Day and World Migraine Day.
Events of September 12
In 1683, the Ottoman army was defeated in Vienna, which stopped the advance of the Turks into Europe.
In 1698 the city of Taganrog was founded.
In 1959, the Luna-2 interplanetary station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which became the first spacecraft in history to reach the surface of the Earth's satellite.
In 2006, singer Madonna visited Russia for the first time and performed at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Who was born on September 12
In 1926, biochemist Paul Janssen, who became the discoverer of haloperidol, was born.
In 1929, director Leonid Menaker was born.
In 1933, actress, People's Artist of the USSR Tatyana Doronina was born.
In 1944, People's Artist of the USSR, violinist Vladimir Spivakov, was born.
In 1949, figure skater and three-time Olympic champion Irina Rodnina was born.
In 1961, actress Roza Khairullina was born.
In 1973, Fast and Furious star Paul Walker was born.
Folk omens
If bees are hiding in the hive, then an early winter is expected.
Autumn will be rainy if a lot of rowan berries have grown.
Birds are circling high in the sky and do not fly away - warm and dry weather will set in.
