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Festivals, remembrance and civic days
116 days to keep: festivals, remembrance and civic days, each in its own calendar.
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Festivals, remembrance and civic days
116 days to keep: festivals, remembrance and civic days, each in its own calendar.
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The year
Days on a fixed date, month by month.
January
2- Armenian Christmas and Theophany
6 January · Religious
- PS752 remembrance
8 January · Remembrance
February
1- Forough Farrokhzad remembrance
13 February · Cultural
March
3- Baloch Culture Day
2 March · Cultural
- Halabja remembrance
16 March · Remembrance
- Newroz (Kurdish new year)
21 March · Festival
April
3- Kha b-Nisan (Assyrian new year)
1 April · Festival
- Sadegh Hedayat remembrance
9 April · Cultural
- Kurdish Journalism Day
22 April · Cultural
May
1- Kurdish Language Day
15 May · Cultural
June
2- Manjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance
21 June · Remembrance
- Sardasht chemical attack remembrance
28 June · Remembrance
July
1- Iran Air Flight 655 remembrance
3 July · Remembrance
August
1- Constitutional Revolution, decree of 5 August 1906
5 August · Historical
September
2- Woman, Life, Freedom anniversary
16 September · Remembrance
- Rumi’s birthday
30 September · Cultural
October
1- Cyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder
29 October · Historical
November
1- Kermanshah earthquake remembrance
12 November · Remembrance
December
3- Seb-i Arus (Rumi's wedding night)
17 December · Religious
- Christmas (Assyrian and Chaldean churches)
25 December · Religious
- Bam earthquake remembrance
26 December · Remembrance
Days that move
Days kept in another calendar, or on a date that changes each year.
Days that move
95- Nowruzastronomical
vernal equinox (about 20 to 21 March); 1 Farvardin · Festival
- Chaharshanbe SuriDate varies
eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz · Festival
- Sizdah BedarSolar Hijri
13 Farvardin (about 2 April) · Festival
- TirganSolar Hijri
13 Tir (about 3 to 4 July) · Festival
- MehreganSolar Hijri
16 Mehr (about 8 October) · Festival
- Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)astronomical
winter solstice (about 21 December) · Festival
- SadehSolar Hijri
10 Bahman (about 30 January) · Festival
- Ramadan and Eid al-FitrHijri (lunar)
1 Shawwal · Religious
- Muharram and AshuraHijri (lunar)
10 Muharram · Religious
- Ridvanastronomical
Twelve days from 13 Jalál (April and May) · Religious
- Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban)Hijri (lunar)
10 Dhu al-Hijjah · Religious
- SepandarmazganSolar Hijri
5 Esfand, Solar Hijri (February) · Festival
- BahmanaganSolar Hijri
2 Bahman, Solar Hijri (January) · Festival
- Attar DaySolar Hijri
25 Farvardin, Solar Hijri (April) · Cultural
- Saadi DaySolar Hijri
1 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (April) · Cultural
- Ferdowsi DaySolar Hijri
25 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May) · Cultural
- Khayyam DaySolar Hijri
28 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May) · Cultural
- Hafez DaySolar Hijri
20 Mehr, Solar Hijri (October) · Cultural
- Avicenna DaySolar Hijri
1 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August) · Cultural
- Razi DaySolar Hijri
5 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August) · Cultural
- Islamic New YearHijri (lunar)
1 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- TasuaHijri (lunar)
9 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- ArbaeenHijri (lunar)
20 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Mawlid (12 Rabi al-Awwal)Hijri (lunar)
12 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal)Hijri (lunar)
17 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Birth of FatimaHijri (lunar)
20 Jumada al-Thani, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Birth of Imam AliHijri (lunar)
13 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Isra and Mi’raj, and the Mab’athHijri (lunar)
27 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Mid-ShabanHijri (lunar)
15 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- First day of RamadanHijri (lunar)
1 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Martyrdom of Imam AliHijri (lunar)
21 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan, Shia)Hijri (lunar)
23 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Laylat al-Qadr (27 Ramadan, Sunni)Hijri (lunar)
27 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Birth of Imam RezaHijri (lunar)
11 Dhu al-Qadah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Day of ArafahHijri (lunar)
9 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Eid al-GhadirHijri (lunar)
18 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Rosh HashanahHebrew
1 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious
- Yom KippurHebrew
10 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious
- SukkotHebrew
15 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious
- Simchat TorahHebrew
23 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (October) · Religious
- HanukkahHebrew
25 Kislev, Hebrew calendar (December) · Religious
- Tu BiShvatHebrew
15 Shevat, Hebrew calendar (January to February) · Religious
- PurimHebrew
14 Adar, Hebrew calendar (March) · Religious
- Passover (Pesach)Hebrew
15 Nisan, Hebrew calendar (March to April) · Religious
- ShavuotHebrew
6 Sivan, Hebrew calendar (May to June) · Religious
- Tisha B’AvHebrew
9 Av, Hebrew calendar (July to August) · Religious
- Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í new year)astronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March) · Religious
- Ninth day of Ridvánastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (April) · Religious
- Twelfth day of Ridvánastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May) · Religious
- Declaration of the Bábastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May) · Religious
- Ascension of Bahá’u’lláhastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May) · Religious
- Martyrdom of the Bábastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (July) · Religious
- Birth of the BábDate varies
Set each year (October or November) · Religious
- Birth of Bahá’u’lláhDate varies
Set each year (October or November) · Religious
- Day of the Covenantastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November) · Religious
- Ascension of ʻAbdu’l-Baháastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November) · Religious
- Bahá’í Fastastronomical
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March) · Religious
- EasterEaster cycle
Western Easter Sunday (March to April) · Religious
- VardavarEaster cycle
98 days after Western Easter (July) · Religious
- Dehwa Rabba (Mandaean new year)Date varies
Set each year by the priesthood · Religious
- Parwanaya (Panja)Date varies
Set each year by the priesthood · Religious
- Dehwa HaninaDate varies
Set each year by the priesthood · Religious
- Khordad SalSolar Hijri
6 Khordad, Solar Hijri (late May or early June) · Religious
- Zartosht no-DisoDate varies
Set by the community (winter); the calendars differ · Religious
- Gahanbar (six seasonal feasts)Date varies
Six feasts of five days each, set by the community · Religious
- Frawardigan (remembrance of the departed)Date varies
The last days of the year, set by the community · Religious
- AbanaganSolar Hijri
10 Aban, Solar Hijri (late October to early November) · Festival
- AzarganSolar Hijri
9 Azar, Solar Hijri (late November to early December) · Festival
- MordadganSolar Hijri
7 Mordad, Solar Hijri (late July to early August) · Festival
- Tirma Sizdah ShabSolar Hijri
The night of 13 Tir, Solar Hijri (early July) · Festival
- Palm SundayEaster cycle
The Sunday before Easter (Western computus) · Religious
- AscensionEaster cycle
39 days after Western Easter (a Thursday) · Religious
- PentecostEaster cycle
49 days after Western Easter (a Sunday) · Religious
- Feast of VartanantsDate varies
A Thursday before Great Lent, set by the church (February) · Religious
- Assumption and blessing of grapesDate varies
The Sunday nearest 15 August, set by the church · Religious
- Exaltation of the Holy CrossDate varies
The Sunday nearest 14 September, set by the church · Religious
- Rogation of the NinevitesDate varies
Three days before Great Lent, set by the church · Religious
- Ashura fast (Sunni)Hijri (lunar)
10 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Birth of Imam HusseinHijri (lunar)
3 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Birth of Abbas ibn AliHijri (lunar)
4 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Birth of Imam Zayn al-AbidinHijri (lunar)
5 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Birth of Imam HasanHijri (lunar)
15 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar)Hijri (lunar)
28 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Eid al-MubahalaHijri (lunar)
24 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious
- Fast of EstherHebrew
13 Adar, Hebrew calendar (February to March) · Religious
- Lag BaOmerHebrew
18 Iyar, Hebrew calendar (April to May) · Religious
- Seventeenth of TammuzHebrew
17 Tammuz, Hebrew calendar (June to July) · Religious
- Fast of GedaliahHebrew
3 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious
- Dehwa DaimanaDate varies
Set each year by the priesthood (about May to June) · Religious
- Eid Elkabeer (Mandaean great feast)Date varies
From the third day of the Mandaean new year, four days · Religious
- Nauruz Zota (Mandaean little new year)Date varies
The sixth day of the Mandaean new year · Religious
- Dehwa d-Sislam RbaDate varies
The sixth and seventh days of the Mandaean new year · Religious
- Bakhtiari seasonal migration (kuch)Date varies
Spring and autumn, set by pasture and weather · Cultural
- Pir Shaliyar festival (Yarsan)Date varies
Winter, the sources differ · Religious
- Khavankar feast (Yarsan)Date varies
Mid-autumn, three days; announced by the community · Religious
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