Official Calendar
The Persian
calendar, Iran's official Calendar is a solar calendar with a starting point that matches
that of the Islamic calendar. Its origin can be traced back to
the 11th century when a group of astronomers (including the
well-known poet Omar Khayyam) created what is known as the
Jalaali calendar. However, a number of changes have been made to
the calendar since then.
The current calendar has been used in Iran since 1925 and in
Afghanistan since 1957. However, Afghanistan used the Islamic
calendar in the years 1999-2002(Taliban period).
The names and lengths of the 12 months that comprise the Persian
year are:
The month of
Esfand has 29 days in an ordinary year, 30 days in a leap year.
The Persian year
starts at vernal equinox. If the astronomical vernal equinox
falls before noon (Tehran true time) on a particular day, then
that day is the first day of the year. If the astronomical
vernal equinox falls after noon, the following day is the first
day of the year.
As in the Islamic calendar, years are counted since Prophet
Mohammed's emigration to Medina in AD 622. At vernal equinox of
that year, AP 1 started (AP = Anno Persico/Anno Persarum =
Persian year).
Note that contrary to the Islamic calendar, the Persian calendar
counts solar years. In the year AD 2004 we have therefore
witnessed the start of Persian year 1388, but the start of
Islamic year 1425.
There is a leap year our of each 4 years. (it's more complex and
there are some exceptions.)
CALENDAR CONVERTOR
Official Holidays :
Friday is the official weekend, although Thursday are closed for
many businesses.
Iran's official holidays are
being extracted from two calendar systems :
1. National Official Calendar (Hijri-Shamsi) which is a Solar Calendar (1
year = 365 days) and is easily comparable to Gregorian
(international) calendar.
2. Islamic Calendar (Hijri-Qamari) which is a Lunar Calendar (1
year=355 days) which causes the religious holidays move along
the solar year.
Hence, as a rule of thumb, national Iranian holidays are fixed
on either Iranian National Holiday or International calendar,
but the religious holidays must be checked with the official
calendars each year.
The
following table shows the official holidays for Iranian year
1390 which coincides 21 Mar. 2011-19 Mar. 2012.
|
International Clndr. |
Week Day |
Iranian Clndr. |
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21 Mar. 11 |
Mon. |
01.01.1390 |
Norooz |
22 Mar. 11 |
Tue. |
02.01.1390 |
Norooz |
23 Mar. 11 |
Wed. |
03.01.1390 |
Norooz |
24 Mar. 11 |
Thu. |
04.01.1390 |
Norooz |
02 Apr. 11 |
Sat. |
13.01.1390 |
Day of Nature (Sizde-be-dar) |
07 May. 11 |
Sat. |
17.02.1390 |
Commemoration of Hazrat-e-Zahra |
04 Jun. 11 |
Sat. |
14.03.1390 |
Commemoration of Imam
Khomeini |
05 Jun. 11 |
Sun. |
15.03.1390 |
Commemoration of 15 Khordad |
16 Jun. 11 |
Thu. |
26.03.1390 |
Imam Ali's Birthday
(Father's Day) |
30 Jun. 11 |
Thu. |
09.04.1390 |
Mab'as |
17 Jul. 11 |
Sun. |
26.04.1390 |
Imam Mahdi's Birthday |
21 Aug. 11 |
Sun. |
30.05.1390 |
Martyrdom of Imam Ali |
31 Aug. 11 |
Wed. |
09.06.1390 |
Eid e Fitr |
24 Sep. 11 |
Sat. |
02.07.1390 |
Martyrdom of Imam Sadiq |
07 Nov. 11 |
Mon. |
16.08.1390 |
Eid e Qurban |
15 Nov. 11 |
Tue. |
24.08.1390 |
Eid e Qadir |
05 Dec. 11 |
Mon. |
14.09.1390 |
Tasooa |
06 Dec. 11 |
Tue. |
15.09.1390 |
Ashoora |
14 Jan. 12 |
Sat. |
24.10.1390 |
Arba'in |
22 Jan. 12 |
Sat. |
02.11.1390 |
Commemoration of the prophet |
24 Jan.
12 |
Mon. |
04.11.1390 |
Martyrdom of Imam Reza |
11
Feb.
12 |
Sat. |
22.11.1388 |
Anniversary of Islamic
Revolution |
19 Mar.
10 |
Mon. |
29.12.1388 |
Oil Nationalization Day |
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