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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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Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council

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

February

1

March

3

April

3

May

1

June

2

July

1

August

1

September

2

October

1

November

1

December

3

Days that move

Days kept in another calendar, or on a date that changes each year.

Days that move

95
  • Nowruz

    vernal equinox (about 20 to 21 March); 1 Farvardin · Festival

    astronomical
  • Chaharshanbe Suri

    eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz · Festival

    Date varies
  • Sizdah Bedar

    13 Farvardin (about 2 April) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Tirgan

    13 Tir (about 3 to 4 July) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Mehregan

    16 Mehr (about 8 October) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Yalda (Shab-e Chelleh)

    winter solstice (about 21 December) · Festival

    astronomical
  • Sadeh

    10 Bahman (about 30 January) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

    1 Shawwal · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Muharram and Ashura

    10 Muharram · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Ridvan

    Twelve days from 13 Jalál (April and May) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Eid al-Adha (Eid-e Qorban)

    10 Dhu al-Hijjah · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Sepandarmazgan

    5 Esfand, Solar Hijri (February) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Bahmanagan

    2 Bahman, Solar Hijri (January) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Attar Day

    25 Farvardin, Solar Hijri (April) · Cultural

    Solar Hijri
  • Saadi Day

    1 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (April) · Cultural

    Solar Hijri
  • Ferdowsi Day

    25 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May) · Cultural

    Solar Hijri
  • Khayyam Day

    28 Ordibehesht, Solar Hijri (May) · Cultural

    Solar Hijri
  • Hafez Day

    20 Mehr, Solar Hijri (October) · Cultural

    Solar Hijri
  • Avicenna Day

    1 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August) · Cultural

    Solar Hijri
  • Razi Day

    5 Shahrivar, Solar Hijri (August) · Cultural

    Solar Hijri
  • Islamic New Year

    1 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Tasua

    9 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Arbaeen

    20 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Mawlid (12 Rabi al-Awwal)

    12 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Mawlid (17 Rabi al-Awwal)

    17 Rabi al-Awwal, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Birth of Fatima

    20 Jumada al-Thani, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Birth of Imam Ali

    13 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Isra and Mi’raj, and the Mab’ath

    27 Rajab, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Mid-Shaban

    15 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • First day of Ramadan

    1 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Martyrdom of Imam Ali

    21 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Laylat al-Qadr (23 Ramadan, Shia)

    23 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Laylat al-Qadr (27 Ramadan, Sunni)

    27 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Birth of Imam Reza

    11 Dhu al-Qadah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Day of Arafah

    9 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Eid al-Ghadir

    18 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Rosh Hashanah

    1 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Yom Kippur

    10 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Sukkot

    15 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Simchat Torah

    23 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (October) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Hanukkah

    25 Kislev, Hebrew calendar (December) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Tu BiShvat

    15 Shevat, Hebrew calendar (January to February) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Purim

    14 Adar, Hebrew calendar (March) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Passover (Pesach)

    15 Nisan, Hebrew calendar (March to April) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Shavuot

    6 Sivan, Hebrew calendar (May to June) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Tisha B’Av

    9 Av, Hebrew calendar (July to August) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í new year)

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Ninth day of Ridván

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (April) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Twelfth day of Ridván

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Declaration of the Báb

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (May) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Martyrdom of the Báb

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (July) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Birth of the Báb

    Set each year (October or November) · Religious

    Date varies
  • Birth of Bahá’u’lláh

    Set each year (October or November) · Religious

    Date varies
  • Day of the Covenant

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Ascension of ʻAbdu’l-Bahá

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (November) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Bahá’í Fast

    Counted from the Bahá’í new year at the March equinox (March) · Religious

    astronomical
  • Easter

    Western Easter Sunday (March to April) · Religious

    Easter cycle
  • Vardavar

    98 days after Western Easter (July) · Religious

    Easter cycle
  • Dehwa Rabba (Mandaean new year)

    Set each year by the priesthood · Religious

    Date varies
  • Parwanaya (Panja)

    Set each year by the priesthood · Religious

    Date varies
  • Dehwa Hanina

    Set each year by the priesthood · Religious

    Date varies
  • Khordad Sal

    6 Khordad, Solar Hijri (late May or early June) · Religious

    Solar Hijri
  • Zartosht no-Diso

    Set by the community (winter); the calendars differ · Religious

    Date varies
  • Gahanbar (six seasonal feasts)

    Six feasts of five days each, set by the community · Religious

    Date varies
  • Frawardigan (remembrance of the departed)

    The last days of the year, set by the community · Religious

    Date varies
  • Abanagan

    10 Aban, Solar Hijri (late October to early November) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Azargan

    9 Azar, Solar Hijri (late November to early December) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Mordadgan

    7 Mordad, Solar Hijri (late July to early August) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Tirma Sizdah Shab

    The night of 13 Tir, Solar Hijri (early July) · Festival

    Solar Hijri
  • Palm Sunday

    The Sunday before Easter (Western computus) · Religious

    Easter cycle
  • Ascension

    39 days after Western Easter (a Thursday) · Religious

    Easter cycle
  • Pentecost

    49 days after Western Easter (a Sunday) · Religious

    Easter cycle
  • Feast of Vartanants

    A Thursday before Great Lent, set by the church (February) · Religious

    Date varies
  • Assumption and blessing of grapes

    The Sunday nearest 15 August, set by the church · Religious

    Date varies
  • Exaltation of the Holy Cross

    The Sunday nearest 14 September, set by the church · Religious

    Date varies
  • Rogation of the Ninevites

    Three days before Great Lent, set by the church · Religious

    Date varies
  • Ashura fast (Sunni)

    10 Muharram, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Birth of Imam Hussein

    3 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Birth of Abbas ibn Ali

    4 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Birth of Imam Zayn al-Abidin

    5 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Birth of Imam Hasan

    15 Ramadan, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Death of the Prophet and martyrdom of Imam Hasan (28 Safar)

    28 Safar, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Eid al-Mubahala

    24 Dhu al-Hijjah, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · Religious

    Hijri (lunar)
  • Fast of Esther

    13 Adar, Hebrew calendar (February to March) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Lag BaOmer

    18 Iyar, Hebrew calendar (April to May) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Seventeenth of Tammuz

    17 Tammuz, Hebrew calendar (June to July) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Fast of Gedaliah

    3 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October) · Religious

    Hebrew
  • Dehwa Daimana

    Set each year by the priesthood (about May to June) · Religious

    Date varies
  • Eid Elkabeer (Mandaean great feast)

    From the third day of the Mandaean new year, four days · Religious

    Date varies
  • Nauruz Zota (Mandaean little new year)

    The sixth day of the Mandaean new year · Religious

    Date varies
  • Dehwa d-Sislam Rba

    The sixth and seventh days of the Mandaean new year · Religious

    Date varies
  • Bakhtiari seasonal migration (kuch)

    Spring and autumn, set by pasture and weather · Cultural

    Date varies
  • Pir Shaliyar festival (Yarsan)

    Winter, the sources differ · Religious

    Date varies
  • Khavankar feast (Yarsan)

    Mid-autumn, three days; announced by the community · Religious

    Date varies