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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.
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.
Iran Standard Time (IRST) or Iran Time (IT) is the time zone used in Iran. Iran uses a UTC offset UTC+03:30 . IRST is defined by the 52.5 degrees east meridian , the same meridian which defines the Iranian calendar and is the official meridian of Iran.
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 ...
Short format: yyyy/mm/dd [80] in Persian Calendar system ("yy/m/d" is a common alternative). Gregorian dates follow the same rules in Persian literature but tend to be written in the dd/mm/yyyy format in official English documents. [81] Long format: YYYY MMMM D (Day first, full month name, and year in right-to-left writing direction) [80] Iraq ...
In Iran, however, the Fasli calendar gained momentum following a campaign in 1930 to persuade the Iranian Zoroastrians to adopt it, under the title of the Bastani (traditional) calendar. In AD 1925, the Iranian Parliament had introduced a new Iranian calendar, which (independent of the Fasli movement) incorporated both points proposed by the ...
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