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| Iranian calender definition |
Iranian calender originated around 550 BC.
After the conversion of the vast majority of Iranians to Islam,
the ancient Iranian calendar was adjusted to begin with the year of the Prophet
Muhammad's migration to Medina (the hijrah), equivalent to AD
622 in the Gregorian calendar.
There is also Imperial Calendar which adds 1180 years to current Iranaian Calendar.
This Calendar starts from Cyrus the Great Coronation.
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Seasons and Months in Persian
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بھار
Bahār
Spring
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فروردین
1 - Farvardīn
(Achievement force - The Guardian Angels)
(31 days)
March 21 - April 20
Ghūch (Aries)
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اردیبھشت
2 - Ordībehesht
(Best of purity - Highest Asha - Presides over fire)
(31 days)
April 21 - May 21
Gāv (Taurus)
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خرداد
3 - Khordād
(Good health - Wholeness)
(31 days)
May 22 - June 21
Do Peykar (Gemini)
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تابستان
Tābestān
Summer
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تیر
4 - Tīr
(Rain star - The Star Sirius)
(31 days)
June 22 - July 22
Kharchang (Cancer)
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مرداد
5 - Mordād
(Imortality - Life)
(31 days)
July 23 - August 22
Shīr (Leo)
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شھریور
6 - Shahrīvar
(Good deed - Desirable Dominion)
(31 days)
August 23 - September 22
Khūshe (Virgo)
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پاییز
Pāīz
Autumn
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مھر
7 - Mehr
(Friendship, kindness)
(30 days)
September 23 - October 22
Tarāzū (Libra)
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آبان
8 - Ābān
(Waters)
(30 days)
October 23 - November 21
Kaj Dom (Scorpio)
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آذر
9 - Āzar
(Fire)
(30 days)
November 22 - December 21
Kamān (Sagittarius)
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زمستان
Zemestān
Winter
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دی
10 - Dey
(Creator/God)
(30 days)
December 22 - January 20
Boz (Capricorn)
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بھمن
11 - Bahman
(Good thought - Good Mind or Purpose)
(30 days)
January 21 - February 19
Zarf (Aquarius)
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اسفند
12 - Esfand
(Holy Devotion)
(29 days) if leap year (30 days)
February 20 - March 20
Māhī (Pisces)
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Weekday names in Persian
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شنبه
Saturday
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یکشنبه
Sunday
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دوشنبه
Monday
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سه شنبه
Tueday
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چھارشنبه
Wednesday
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پنجشنبه
Thursday
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جمعه
Friday
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| Iranian New Year and Spring Equinox | |
Norūz (Norooz) is the new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, parts of India and among the Kurds. The word itself literally means
"new day" in Persian, and the festival marks the beginning of the solar year and
new year on the Iranian calendar, as well as among several other nationalities.
Norūz (Norooz) traditionally celebrates the awakening of nature, and even the triumph
of good over the oppressive darkness of winter. It is a time to celebrate life
at the time when life begins or is renewed for much of that which is on the
earth. The new year is marked at the instant the sun leaves the astrological
sign of Pisces and enters that of Aries (vernal equinox).
It has been celebrated by all the major cultures of ancient
Mesopotamia. Sumerians, 3000 B.C., Babylonians 2000 B.C., the ancient kingdom of Elamite
in Southern Persia 2000 B.C., and Akaddians all have been celebrating Norūz in one form or
another. What we have today as Norūz (Norooz) with its’ uniquely Iranian characteristics
has been celebrated for at least 3000 years.
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