Festival · سیزدهبدر
Sizdah Bedar
Picnics outdoors; knotted sabzeh is cast into running water.
- Kind
- Festival
- Calendar
- Solar Hijri
- In 2026
- Thursday, 2 April 2026
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Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Sajjad Aydenlou (2018). The Historical Background and reason of celebrating "Sizdah- Bedar" in Iranian traditions.
- Christian Bromberger, Christian > Photographe Bromberger (2023). Sizdah bedar à Lalavajasar. NAKALA – https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num – CNRS). DOI 10.34847/nkl.4cf5l23i
- Simone Cristoforetti (2009). Nowruz iii. in Iranian calendar. ARCA (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia).
- Vahid Reza Nasrollahi (2023). New Year, New Insights: Interpreting the Cultural Nuances of Nowruz and Seollal for Iranian Students Learning Korean. Sino-US English Teaching. DOI 10.17265/1539-8072/2023.11.002
01Dates
Computed for 2026 to 2030.
| Gregorian | Solar Hijri | Lunar Hijri | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farvardin 13, 1405 AP | Shawwal 14, 1447 AH | ||
| Farvardin 13, 1406 AP | Shawwal 25, 1448 AH | ||
| Farvardin 13, 1407 AP | Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 6, 1449 AH | ||
| Farvardin 13, 1408 AP | Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 17, 1450 AH | ||
| Farvardin 13, 1409 AP | Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 28, 1451 AH |
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02How the date is set
13 Farvardin in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years.
03Where it is observed
Wherever the community lives
04In the Academy
- Disciplines
- Iranian food and everyday culture, Heritage studies
05Convenings on this day
No convening is announced for this day yet. Chapters list theirs here once confirmed.
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06Sources
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07Other festival days
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Nowruz
New year of the Solar Hijri calendar: haft-sin table, spring cleaning, visits and gifts. UNESCO Representative List; UN International Day of Nowruz, 21 March.
نوروز
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Chaharshanbe Suri
Jumping over bonfires to leave the year’s ills behind.
چهارشنبهسوری
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Tirgan
Water festival; its organisers describe the Toronto Tirgan festival as the largest Iranian cultural festival outside Iran.
تیرگان
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Mehregan
Autumn festival of friendship, of Zoroastrian origin.
مهرگان
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Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)
Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.
شب یلدا
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Sadeh
Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin.
سده
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Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Sizdah Bedar. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sizdah-bedar/
- Chicago
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Sizdah Bedar.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sizdah-bedar/.
- BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_heritage_calendar_sizdah_bedar, author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Sizdah {Bedar}}, url = {https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sizdah-bedar/}, howpublished = {https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sizdah-bedar/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - idcdc2026_heritage_c N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Sizdah Bedar UR - https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/sizdah-bedar/ ER -
08Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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The Historical Background and reason of celebrating "Sizdah- Bedar" in Iranian traditions
Sajjad Aydenlou · 2018
ArticleOpenAlex
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Christian Bromberger, Christian > Photographe Bromberger · 2023 · NAKALA – https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num – CNRS)
OtherDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Nowruz iii. in Iranian calendar
Simone Cristoforetti · 2009 · ARCA (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
ChapterOpenAlexOpen accessother-oa
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Vahid Reza Nasrollahi · 2023 · Sino-US English Teaching
ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC
Sources, licences and fetch dates: DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

