# Nowruz and the Iranian calendar

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Nowruz, its customs and the solar calendar that sets it, shared by many peoples and faiths.

## Record

- **Code**: IDCDC-FOD-02
- **School**: Food and culture
- **Levels**: F
- **Hours**: 6 · estimated hours
- **Format**: Self-paced online with classroom materials.
- **State**: outlined
- **Run**: built
- **Modules**: The equinox and the solar year · Before Nowruz · The haft-sin · Visits and the thirteenth day · A shared festival · Teaching Nowruz
- **Outcomes**: Explain how the equinox sets Nowruz. · Describe the haft-sin and its variations. · Name the peoples and countries that keep Nowruz. · Convert dates between the Solar Hijri and Gregorian calendars.

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- [The Academy](https://iranians.global/learn/)