According to an age-old superstition, a child who comes into the world on the twelfth day of July ("the luckiest day of the year") will be destined for a life of wealth and great success.

Yama, the Buddhist god of death and the Underworld, is honored annually on this day in Tibet in an ancient festival known as the Old Dances.

This day is also sacred to the goddess Dikaiosune, an ancient deity who presides over justice.