The birthday of Chinggis Khaan will be celebrated on 12th November, Thursday this year. According to the “Public Celebration Law” (Provision 4.1.8) the every first lunar month of winter is marked as the “Birthday of Chinggis Khaan”; it is also called “Mongolian Pride Day”. According to the “Secret History of the Mongols”, Chinggis Khaan was in the first of lunar month of winter in the Year of the Water-Horse (1162). Thursday the 12th November will also be a public holiday in Mongolia.