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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.
The calendar's epoch (first year) corresponds to the Hijrah in 622 CE, which is the same as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri calendar but as it is a solar calendar, the two calendars' year numbers do not coincide with each other and are slowly drifting apart, being about 43 years apart as of 2023.
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 Iran: March 31: April 1: April 2 13 Farvardin: Sizdah Bedar: Public holiday in Iran: April 1: April 2: April 3 3 Ordibehesht: Teacher's Day in ...
Iran is one of the countries with the most public holidays in the world, [citation needed] with 28 holidays. Many holidays' exact dates are determined by the Islamic calendar , and therefore their Gregorian dates vary from year to year.
Farvardin (Persian: فروردین, Persian pronunciation: [fæɾvæɾˈdiːn] [1]) is the Iranian Persian name for the first month of the Solar Hijri calendar, [1] the official calendar of Iran, and corresponds with Aries on the Zodiac. Farvardin has thirty-one days. [1] It is the first month of the spring season (Bahar), and is followed by ...
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).
The Tabular Islamic calendar, a rule-based variation of the Islamic calendar. It has the same numbering of years and months, but the months are determined by arithmetical rules rather than by observation or astronomical calculations. In Iran The Solar Hijri calendar, whose year begins at the moment of the Spring equinox in the northern hemisphere.
Mehr (Persian: مهر, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the seventh month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Mehr has thirty days. [1] It begins in September and ends in October by the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed] Mehr is the first month of autumn, and is followed by Aban. [1]