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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.
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 .
This is a list of Hijri years (Latin: anno Hegirae or AH) with the corresponding common era years where applicable. For Hijri years since 1297 AH (1879/1881 CE), the Gregorian date of 1 Muharram, the first day of the year in the Islamic calendar, is given.
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.
The Perpetual Calendar Gregorian Calendar adoption dates for many countries. World records for mentally calculating the day of the week in the Gregorian Calendar ; The Calendar FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Calendars; Today's date (Gregorian) in over 800 more-or-less obscure foreign languages Archived 8 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine
Exactly when Nowruz began as a festival is unclear, though many believe it to date back around 3,000 years ago, with roots in Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions.
In Iran, short dates are written as year/month/day, for example ۱۳۸۹/۵/۱۶, [1] and long dates as day month name year from right to left, for example ۱۶ مرداد ۱۳۸۹. Both two-digit and four-digit years are valid but months and days are not usually padded with leading zeros.
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 ...