“I need the seasons to live to the rhythm of rain and sun.”
Sophie Marceau
Gregorian Calendar vs Iranian Solar Hijri Calendar
There I was minding my own business and looking up the days of the week when I came across the Iranian Solar Hijri Calendar. It is also called the Shamsi Hijri Calendar. Instead of months like the traditional Gregorian calendar you and I are used to, it is decided by astronomical calculation for the Iran Standard Time meridian (52.5° E; UTC+03:30). Each time period corresponds to a zodiac sign with the New Year (Nowruz) always falling on the vernal equinox.
For
example: January 26,2019 AE is written as 6 Bahman 1397 SH
Additionally the week starts on a Saturday and ends on a Friday.
Days of the Week in Persian (Fārsī)
- شنبه
- šanbe
- Saturday
- یکشنبه
- yekšanbe
- Sunday
- دوشنبه
- došanbe
- Monday
- سهشنبه
- sešanbe
- Tuesday
- چهارشنبه
- chahâršanbe
- Wednesday
- پنجشنبه
- panjšanbe
- Thursday
- جمعه
- jom’e
- Friday
Gregorian Calendar in Persian (Fārsī)
- ژانوِیه
- zhānviyah
- January
- فِورِیه
- fivriyah
- February
- مارس
- mārs
- March
- آوریل
- āvrīl
- April
- مه
- mah
- May
- ژوئن
- zhū’in
- June
- ژوئیه
- zhū’iyah
- July
- اوت
- ut
- August
- سِپتامبر
- siptāmbr
- September
- سِپتامبر
- uktubr
- October
- نُوامبر
- nuvāmbr
- November
- دِسامبر
- disāmbr
- December
Solar Hijri Calendar
- Aries: March 21st – April 20th
- فروردین
- Farvardin (31 Days) – Guardian spirits, souls of the righteous
- Taurus: April 21st – May 21st
- اردیبهشت
- Ordibehesht (31 Days) – Best truth; best righteousness
- Gemini: May 22nd – June 21
- خرداد
- Khordad (31 Days) – Wholeness; Perfection
- Cancer: June 22nd – July 22nd
- تیر
- Tir (31 Days) – Sirius
- Leo: July 23rd – August 22nd
- مرداد / امرداد
- Mordad/Amordad (31 Days) – Immortality
- Virgo: August 23rd – September 22nd
- شهریور
- Shahrivar (31 Days) – Desirable Dominion
- Libra: September 23rd – October 22nd
- مهر
- Mehr (30 Days) – Covenant
- Scorpio: October 23rd – November 21st
- آبان
- Aban (30 Days) – Waters
- Sagittarius: November 22nd – December 21st
- آذر
- Azar (30 Days) – Fire
- Capricorn: December 22nd – January 19th
- دی
- Dey (30 Days) – The Creator
- Aquarius: January 20th – February 18th
- بهمن
- Bahman (30 Days) – Good Spirit
- Pisces: February 19th – March 20th
- اسفند / اسپند
- Esfand /
Espand (29/30 Days) – Holy Devotion
Seasons in Persian (Fārsī)
- بهار
- bahâr
- Spring
- تابستان
- tâbestân
- Summer
- پاییز
- pâyiz
- Autumn
- زمستان
- zemestân
- Winter
Other Vocabulary
- روز
- rewz
- day
- بعدازظهر
- b'ed az zher
- afternoon
- شب
- sheb
- evening/night
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