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The Iranian calendars or Iranian chronology ( Persian: گاهشماری ایرانی, Gâh-Şomâriye 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 ...
Solar Hijri calendar. The Solar Hijri calendar or (Iranian) Persian calendar [ a] is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. It is a solar calendar and is the one Iranian calendar that is the most similar to the Gregorian calendar, it also is one of the most accurate in the world, being based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
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.
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]
Aban ( Persian: آبان, Persian pronunciation: [ɒːˈbɒːn] [ 1]) is the eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [ 1] Aban has 30 days. [ 1] It begins in October and ends in November by the Gregorian calendar [citation needed]. Aban corresponds to the tropical astrological month of Scorpio.
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 ...
Different interpretations of the concept of Nasī’have been proposed.[23] Some scholars, both Muslim[24][25]and Western,[4][6]maintain that the pre-Islamiccalendar used in Central Arabia was a purely lunar calendar similar to the modern Islamic calendar. According to this view, Nasī’is related to the pre-Islamic practices of the Meccan ...
Jalali calendar. The Jalali calendar, also referred to as Malikshahi and Maliki, [ 1] is a solar calendar compiled during the reign of Jalaluddin Malik-Shah I, the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1072–1092 CE), by the order of Grand Vizier Nizam al-Mulk, using observations made in the cities of Isfahan (the capital of the Seljuks), Rey, and ...