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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 ...
The word Nowruz is a combination of the Persian words نو (now, meaning 'new') and روز (ruz, 'day'). Pronunciation varies among Persian dialects, with Eastern dialects using the pronunciation [nawˈɾoːz] (as in Dari and Classical Persian, however in Tajik, it is navrūz, written наврӯз), western dialects [nowˈɾuːz], and Tehranis ...
Shanbeh. Shanbeh ( Persian: شنبه Šanbe; Tajik: Шанбе Šanbe) is the name of the first day of the week in the Persian language and the Solar Hijri calendar, mainly used in Iran and Afghanistan. The week names are also used in Tajik, a Cyrillic based standard of Persian, though Tajikistan does not use the Solar Hijri Calendar.
The very first day of the Solar Hijri calendar was the day of the spring equinox, March 18, 622 CE. The calendar is named the "Hijri calendar" because that was the year that Mohammed is believed to have left from Mecca to Medina, which event is referred to as the Hijrah. This year is generally considered by Muslims as the first year of Islam.
Calendar. A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. [ 1][ 2][ 3] A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physical record (often paper) of such a system.
Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15 and is the day on which Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim. [58] The day is also universally observed by omitting the tachanun prayer and having a more elaborate meal than on ordinary days. [95] Purim is celebrated on Adar 14 because the Jews in unwalled cities fought their enemies on Adar 13 and rested the ...
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]
The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe (چهارشنبه), the Persian word for Wednesday, and suri (), which has two meanings; it may mean "festive" [2] and it may also mean "scarlet" (in traditional Persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire.