Festival · شب یلدا
Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)
Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.
- Kind
- Festival
- Calendar
- Solar Hijri
- In 2026
- Tuesday, 22 December 2026
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Sources
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- Xojamurodova Oydin Xojamurod qizi, Worldly Knowledge Publishing Centre (2026). THE NOVEL "YALDO KECHASI" ("THE NIGHT OF YALDA") AS AN EXAMPLE OF INTERTEXT. International Journal of Literature and Language Studies. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21587037
- ‘Yalda Night’ in Üsküdar (2024). üha. DOI 10.32739/uha.id.57928
- John C. Lyden (2020). Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness. Journal of Religion & Film. DOI 10.32873/uno.dc.jrf.24.01.26
- Samar Saremi (2025). Taraneh Yalda (b.1954). Women in Architecture. DOI 10.5040/9781350059757.671
- Junior Member stellen sich vor: Dr. med. Yalda Ghoreishi (2026). Allergologie. DOI 10.5414/alp49323
01Dates
Computed for 2026 to 2030.
| Gregorian | Solar Hijri | Lunar Hijri | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dey 1, 1405 AP | Rajab 13, 1448 AH | Begins at sunset the evening before | |
| Dey 1, 1406 AP | Rajab 24, 1449 AH | Begins at sunset the evening before | |
| Dey 1, 1407 AP | Shaʻban 5, 1450 AH | Begins at sunset the evening before | |
| Dey 1, 1408 AP | Shaʻban 15, 1451 AH | Begins at sunset the evening before | |
| Dey 1, 1409 AP | Shaʻban 26, 1452 AH | Begins at sunset the evening before |
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02How the date is set
1 Dey in the Solar Hijri calendar. Its Gregorian date moves by a day between years. It begins at sunset the evening before.
03Where it is observed
Wherever the community lives
04In the Academy
05Convenings on this day
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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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Sizdah Bedar
Picnics outdoors; knotted sabzeh is cast into running water.
سیزدهبدر
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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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Sadeh
Midwinter fire festival of Zoroastrian origin.
سده
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@misc{idcdc2026_heritage_calendar_yalda, author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Yalda ({Shab}-e {Chelleh})}, url = {https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/yalda/}, howpublished = {https://iranians.global/heritage/calendar/yalda/}, }- RIS
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08Research and sources
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THE NOVEL "YALDO KECHASI" ("THE NIGHT OF YALDA") AS AN EXAMPLE OF INTERTEXT
Xojamurodova Oydin Xojamurod qizi, Worldly Knowledge Publishing Centre · 2026 · International Journal of Literature and Language Studies
ArticleOpenAlexDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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2024 · üha
ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIRE
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Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness
John C. Lyden · 2020 · Journal of Religion & Film
ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY
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Samar Saremi · 2025 · Women in Architecture
OtherCrossref
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Junior Member stellen sich vor: Dr. med. Yalda Ghoreishi
2026 · Allergologie
ArticleCrossref
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Zohreh OVEISI-KEIKHA, Hosseinali KAVOSH · 2023 · Historia i Świat
ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-ND-4.0
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M. Kausar, S. Nikmaram · 2016 · Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences
ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC
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Azari Gholam Reza, M Hakim Azar · 2012
ArticleOpenAlex
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« Yalda, la nuit du pardon », un cinéma-vérité aussi puissant que dérangeant
Sandrine Aragon · 2020 · The Conversation Media Group Ltd
PreprintCrossref
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Yalda , quand la téléréalité révèle les coutumes
Fanny Agostino · 2021 · Le Regard Libre
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