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The Iranian calendar or Iranian chronology (Persian: گاهشماری ایرانی, Gâh Šomâriye 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.
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.
Mordad (Persian: مرداد, romanized: Mordād, Persian pronunciation: [moɾˈdɒːd] [1]) is the fifth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Mordad has thirty-one days, [1] beginning in July and ending in August of the Gregorian calendar.
Besides the Iranian calendar, various festivals of Greeks, Jews, Arabs, Sabians, and other nations are mentioned in the book. In the section on the Iranian calendar, he mentions Nowruz, Sadeh, Tirgan, Mehrgan, the six Gahambars, Farvardigan, Bahmanja, Esfand Armaz and several other festivals. According to him, "It is the belief of the Iranians ...
Ordibehesht or Ardibehesht (Persian: اردیبهشت, Persian pronunciation: [oɾdiːbeˈheʃt / æɾdiːbeˈheʃt]) [1] is the second month of the Zoroastrian calendar, [1] which is used officially in Iran and Afghanistan. It has 31 days [1] and spans the months of April and May in the Gregorian calendar. The Dari name for the month is ...
Tir (Persian: تیر, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the fourth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, which is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Tir has thirty-one days, [1] spanning parts of June and July in the Gregorian calendar [citation needed]. In Afghan Persian it is called Saraṭān (Cancer).
Sizdah Bedar (Persian: سیزدهبدر – sīzdah bedar), [1] [2] (lit. 'Thirteen outdoor') also known as Nature's Day (روز طبیعت – rūz-e tabī'at), [citation needed] is an Iranian festival held annually on the thirteenth day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian calendar (and the first month of spring, during which people spend time picnicking outdoors. [1]
Holocene calendar: 10861: Iranian calendar: 239–240: Islamic calendar: 246–247: Japanese calendar: Jōgan 3 (貞観3年) Javanese calendar: 758–759: Julian calendar: 861 DCCCLXI: Korean calendar: 3194: Minguo calendar: 1051 before ROC 民前1051年: Nanakshahi calendar: −607: Seleucid era: 1172/1173 AG: Thai solar calendar: 1403–1404 ...