;Cal. Iran months ;Jalāli Calendar ;The Solar Hijri calendar, also called the Solar Hejri calendar or Shamsi Hijri calendar, and abbreviated as SH, is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. ;The present Iranian calendar was legally adopted on 31 March 1925, under the early Pahlavi dynasty. The law said that the first day of the year should be the first day of spring in "the true solar year", "as it has been" ever so. ;It begins on the vernal equinox (Nowruz) as determined by astronomical calculation for the Iran Standard Time meridian (52.5°E or GMT+3.5h). ;AP = Anno Persico/Anno Persarum =Persian Year (years are counted since Mohammed's emigration to Medina in AD 622) ;AHS = used by the Iranian calendar to denote the number of solar years since the Prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina in September 622 ;SH = Solar Hejri ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_PersianCalendar.gif ;IMAGE=Holiday_days.gif COMMENT=Updated April 5, 2009 \nAP = Anno Persico \nAHS = number of solar years since the Prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina \nSH = Solar Hijri {Iran 01.1.} =1 Farwardin/Farvardin #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=1st month, 31d {Iran 01.2.} =1 Ordibehescht/Ordibehesht #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=2nd month, 31d {Iran 01.3.} =1 Chordad/Khordad/Xordad #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=3th month, 31d {Iran 01.4.} =1 Tir #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=4th month, 31d {Iran 01.5.} =1 Mordad #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=5th month, 31d {Iran 01.6.} =1 Shahriwar/Shahrivar #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=6th month, 31d {Iran 01.7.} =1 Mehr #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=7th month, 30d {Iran 01.8.} =1 Aban #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=8th month, 30d {Iran 01.9.} =1 Azar #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=9th month, 30d {Iran 01.10.} =1 Dei/Day/Dey #0621 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=10th month, 30d {Iran 01.11.} =1 Bahman #0622 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=11th month, 30d {Iran 01.12.} =1 Esfand #0622 AP/AHS/SH (Iran) ;Note=12th month, 29/30d ;These entries were added by: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com - http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ ;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar