Yalda 2024 Calendar. The festival marks the victory of light over darkness and symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. Shabe yalda, or yalda night is an evening of festivities and merriment that begins when the sun sets on the last day of fall (last day of maah e azar on jalali calendar) and continues until the.

Yalda night is not merely a date on the calendar; Yalda, meaning birth or renewal, is a syriac word borrowed from syric christians.