Funny thing is that most people celebrate Pi Day on March 14th. However, it is mere serendipity that sets it to that date. But there is more than one π Day depending on the type of number system employed.
Likewise, as with any holiday there should be a counter-point view on the whole take of π, as with politics and religion, the prime example is with Christmas vs Hanukkah. Now when somebody says happy Pi-Day on the 14th of March, you can retort, "I don't celebrate Pi-Day, rather I celebrate Piannukkah on the 11th of March."
In this case Pi Day is celebrated on March 11 as calibrated to the base 8 numeral system, which calibrates Pi as the 3.11 to the third place value.
So in honor of the minorities everywhere, March 11 is a kind of π-annahkah? This flag commemorates the number as the tri-bar represents the number three in international maritime code, and the red disc with in the disc represent 11ths of the Octal Numerical system.
Instead of celebrating Einstein's birthday, the Octal Faction of Pianukkah honors Urbain Le Verrier. Verrier used math to pinpoint the discovery of Neptune by using mathematics first, instead of combing the nights sky with a telescope. With Verrier, we verily discovered the 8th planet of our solar system on the night of September 23/24, 1846 (note: Eighth planet for numerical system based upon 8) Le Verrier was born on March 11, 1811—that's 03/11/1811.
So there you have it, there is more than one way to celebrate π-day! We now have 'diversity' with Pi.
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