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The very first day of the Solar Hijri calendar was the day of the spring equinox, March 18, 622 CE. The calendar is named the "Hijri calendar" because that was the year that Mohammed is believed to have left from Mecca to Medina, which event is referred to as the Hijrah. This year is generally considered by Muslims as the first year of Islam.
Nowruz is a two-week celebration that marks the beginning of the New Year in Iran's official Solar Hijri calendar. [ 135 ][ 136 ] 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. [ 137 ]
Date English Name Persian name February 15 Liberation Day: March 21 Nowruz (New Day) (now unofficial) Nauruz: April 28 Mujahideen Victory Day: May 1 International Workers' Day: August 15 "Afghan Jihad" Victory Day [2] August 19 Afghan Independence Day: Azadi August 31 American Withdrawal Day [3] September 9 Martyrs' Day (unclear status) [4]
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.
Nowruz in Afghanistan. Nowruz (Dari: نوروز Nawrōz; Pashto: نوروز Nawrōz, or نوی کال Nəwai Kāl) is the beginning of springtime and a cultural holiday in Afghanistan. [1][2] It is also celebrated by the majority of the Afghan diaspora around the world. [3][4] Farmer's Day, [5][6] which starts around the same time as the Afghan ...
Esfand (Persian: اسفند, Persian pronunciation: [esˈfænd] [1]) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Esfand has twenty-nine days [1] normally, and thirty during leap years. [2] It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar [citation needed].
1297 AH to 1399 AH (1879 to 1978 CE) Islamic. Gregorian date of 1 Muharram. (tabular schemes) Observed. 1298 AH. Sat 3/4 Dec 1880. 1299 AH. Wed Nov 23, 1881.
Yaldā Night (Persian: شب یلدا shab-e yalda) or Chelle Night (also Chellah Night, Persian: شب چلّه shab-e chelle) is an ancient festival in Iran, [1][2] Afghanistan, [3] Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, [4][5] Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Dagestan and Turkey that is celebrated on the winter solstice. [6]