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Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.

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Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh) · astronomical · winter solstice (about 21 December)

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Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

Longest night: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and Hafez divination; UNESCO inscription 2022.

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Akademî126 kurs, hîn yek jî ji bo tomarkirinê ne vekirî yeWelatîbûn3 kampanya, 5 bernameMîras116 rojên bibîranînê, 40 tomarên kronolojiyêNûçe88 çavkaniyên pejirandî, hîn tu bûyerên piştrastkirî tune neŞaxdi avabûnê de. Hîn yek jî nehatiye naskirin
Kept byPersian-speaking communitiesAzerbaijani Turkic communitiesKurdish communitiesLur and Bakhtiari communitiesBaluch communitiesGilaki and Mazandarani communitiesZoroastrian communities

Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

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festival
Salname
astronomical
Date
winter solstice (about 21 December)
winter solstice (about 21 December)
çavkaniya duyemîn
Piştrast bike, çavkaniyekê zêde bike an ragihîne
Alîkariya kontrolkirina vê nirxê bike

Paşê çi dibe. Parêzvanek nota te dixwîne û çavkaniyê kontrol dike. Rûpel tenê piştî wê diguhere. Navê te nayê gotin.

Dates given by the calendar that fixes them; movable days move with it.

The year

21 fixed-date days · this one in red
Fixed-date days on the strip; movable days are listed by their own calendar.

Other days in the astronomical calendar

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Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)
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Vekirî
Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May)
Declaration of the Bábreligious
Vekirî

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  • nenasHîn çavkanî tune. Em nenas nîşan didin, ne texmînek.
Parêzvanek berî her guhertinê çavkaniyê kontrol dike. Navê te nayê gotin.
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