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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 ...
Holiday date Holiday name Description March equinox on March 19 March Equinox on March 20 March Equinox on March 21 1–4 Farvardin: Nowruz: New Year celebration of Spring. Public holiday in Iran. Note: Nowruz is the day after the March equinox. March 20–24: March 21–25: March 22–26 12 Farvardin: Islamic Republic Day: Public holiday in ...
Iranian Islamic Republic Day (Persian: روز جمهوری اسلامی) is Farvardin 12, known as Ruz e Jomhuri ye Eslāmi. [1] The day is a national [2] and a public holiday in Iran. [3] [4] [5] It marks the day that the results of the 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum were announced. The results announced were a 98.2% vote for the ...
It starts on the first day of spring (also the first day of the Iranian Calendar year), 21 March, in that 12 days as a sign of the past 12 months, all Iranian families gather around to visit each other. Haft Seen traditional table of Norouz. Sofre-ye Haft-Sin: sofre (tablecloth), haft (seven), sin (the letter S [س]).
The Iranian calendar or Iranian chronology ... anticipating festival dates by five days. ... In 1911 the jalali calendar became the official national calendar of Persia.
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]
One of three dates used by Shia Muslims for Laylat al-Qadr: See notes for 23 Ramadan 20 Ramadan: May 13, 2020 Conquest of Mecca: Shia day of remembrance 21 Ramadan: May 14, 2020 Martyrdom of Imam Ali, also one of the dates used by Sunnis for Laylat al-Qadr, see 27 Ramadan entry. Public holiday in Iran, Azadari in Lucknow, see entry for 23 Ramadan.
Persian Gulf National Day (Persian: روز ملی خلیج فارس) is an official holiday in Iran observed on the 10th day of Ordibehesht, the second month in the Iranian calendar. This usually coincides with 29 or 30 April of the Gregorian calendar . [ 1 ]