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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.
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 ...
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. It is the second month of summer after Tir, and is ...
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.
Mehr. Mehr ( Persian: مهر, Persian pronunciation: [mehɾ] [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.
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 ...