People in Iran celebrate Nowruz (meaning new day) or the first day of the new year with high spirit. Though the Islamic Calendar and solar Hijri Calendar share the same starting date, the number of days in both differ from each other as the Islamic Calendar is a lunar calendar. Just like the Islamic Calendar, the Solar Hijri Calendar began with the migrations of Prophet Muhammad to Madinah (Hijrah or Hegira) in 622 CE. The year starts at midnight in Iran near the vernal equinox at the IRST or Iran Standard Time. The calendar is based on astronomical observations of Earth’s revolution around the sun. It is among the world’s most accurate and reliable calendar systems. Solar Hijri Calendar, also known as Persian Calendar and Iranian Calendar, is the official calendar used by Afghanistan and Iran. In English, the years before Hijra are denoted by the letters BH, which stand for Before Hijra. Instead of the letters AD in the Christian calendar, CE in the common calendar and AM in the Jewish calendar, the years in the Hijri calendar are denoted by either H, which stands for Hijra or AH, which stands for Anno Hegirae (Latin). For instance, 1st January 2021 in the Persian calendar fell in 1442 AH in the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and its year count is significantly different from that of the Persian calendar, which is a solar calendar. However, everything else about the both these calendars is unrelated. Similar to the Persian calendar, the Islamic calendar begins in 622 CE. Sabt − Translated as ‘the rest’, this day corresponds with Saturday.Jummah − Meaning ‘the gathering’, corresponds with Friday Friday prayers are performed in a congregation in a mosque.Khamis − It means ‘the fifth’ and corresponds with Thursday.Arbia − Translated as ‘the fourth’, this day corresponds with Wednesday.Thulatha − Meaning ‘the third’ in English, this day corresponds with Tuesday.
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