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Aban (Persian: آبان, Persian pronunciation: [ɒːˈbɒːn] [1]) is the eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Aban has 30 days. [1] It begins in October and ends in November by the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed] Aban corresponds to the tropical astrological month of Scorpio.
Tir (Persian: تیر, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the fourth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, which is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Tir has thirty-one days, [1] spanning parts of June and July in the Gregorian calendar [citation needed]. In Afghan Persian it is called Saraṭān (Cancer).
Mehr (Persian: مهر, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the seventh month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Mehr has thirty days. [1] It begins in September and ends in October by the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed] Mehr is the first month of autumn, and is followed by Aban. [1]
Afghanistan legally adopted the official Jalali calendar in 1922 [1] but with different month names. Afghanistan uses Arabic names of the zodiacal signs; for example, the Saur Revolution in 1978 took place in the second month of the Solar Hijri calendar (Persian Ordibehesht; Saur is named after Taurus).
The Iranian calendar or Iranian chronology (Persian: گاهشماری ایرانی, Gâh Ŝomâriye Irâni) are a succession of calendars created and used for over two millennia in Iran, also known as Persia. One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modified many times for administrative purposes.
Esfand (Persian: اسفند, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Esfand has twenty-nine days [1] normally, and thirty during leap years. [2] It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar [citation needed].
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Shahrivar (Persian: شهریور, Persian pronunciation: [ʃæhɾiːˈvæɾ] [1]) is the sixth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Shahrivar has thirty-one days. [1] It begins in August and ends in September by the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed] The Afghan Persian name is Sonbola; in ...