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Iran uses three official calendar systems, including the Solar Hijri calendar as the main and national calendar, the Gregorian calendar for international events and Christian holidays, and the Lunar Hijri calendar for Islamic holidays. In 2008, the Iranian government's English-language newspaper Iran Daily wrote that "[the] problem of too many ...
It is a solar calendar and is the one Iranian calendar that is the most similar to the Gregorian calendar, being based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun. It begins on the March equinox as determined by the astronomical calculation for the Iran Standard Time meridian (52.5°E, UTC+03:30 ) and has years of 365 or 366 days.
Teacher's Day in Iran: The Islamic Republic government changed the original date to coincide with the assassination of Morteza Motahhari on 1 May 1979. May 1: May 2: May 3 14 Khordad: Anniversary of the Death of Khomeini: Public holiday in Iran: June 3: June 4: June 5 15 Khordad: Anniversary Revolt of Khordad 15: Public holiday in Iran: June 4 ...
Nowruz is a two-week celebration that marks the beginning of the New Year in Iran's official Solar Hijri calendar. [136] [137] The celebration includes four public holidays from the first to the fourth day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian calendar, usually beginning on 21 March. [138]
Here’s what to know about when, how, and by whom Nowruz, also known as Persian New Year, is celebrated—as well as how it began about 3,000 years ago.
The lunar calendar is approximately eleven days shorter than the solar calendar. [46] [a] Each year, Eid al-Adha (like other Islamic holidays) falls on one of about two to four Gregorian dates in parts of the world, because the boundary of crescent visibility is different from the International Date Line. [47]
The Iranian calendar or Iranian chronology (Persian: گاهشماری ایرانی, Gâh Ŝomâriye Irâni) are a succession of calendars created and used for over two millennia in Iran, also known as Persia. One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modified many times for administrative purposes.
Iran Afghanistan Tajikistan Iraq Azerbaijan Turkey Elsewhere by Iranian diaspora: Type: National, ethnic, cultural: Date: The last eve between Tuesday and Wednesday of the year, before the vernal equinox: 2024 date: 12 March: 2025 date: 18 March: 2026 date: 17 March: Frequency: Annual: Related to: Nowruz, Sizdebedar