# Name: List of Iranian Official holidays # Table version: 1.0 # Date: 28 March 2003 # Author: Roozbeh Pournader # # Copyright (c) 2003 Roozbeh Pournader. All Rights reserved. # # General notes: # # This table contains the list of Iranian official holidays. # # Format: Two columns # Column #1 specifies which calendar is used for the holiday, # 'S' for Solar Islamic (Hejri-e Shamsi) and 'L' for # Lunar Islamic (Hejri-e Ghamari). # Column #2 is the date in the MM/DD format, first the # month number and then the day number, zero-padded to two # digits. # # The entries are sorted, first based on the calendar used, and then # based on the month and day numbers. # # For any comments or problems, contact . # # Notes: # # 1. Fridays are holidays in every week of the year. # # 2. The official authority for computing calendars and specifying the # number of days in a month and/or year in the Geophysics Institute of # Tehran University. The official algorithms used are currently # secret and not known to the public. # # 3. The latest version of this file, together with a (best to our # knowledge) library for conversion of Gregorian dates to and from # Solar Islamic dates name Jalali, could be found at: # # http://www.farsiweb.info/ # S 01/01 # Nowrooz S 01/02 # Nowrooz S 01/03 # Nowrooz S 01/04 # Nowrooz S 01/12 # Islamic Republic Day S 01/13 # Nature Day S 03/14 # Demise of Imam Khomeini S 03/15 # Revolt of 15 Khordad S 11/22 # Victory of Revolution of Iran S 12/29 # Nationalization of Oil Industry L 01/09 # Tasu'a of Imam Hussain L 01/10 # Ashura of Imam Hussain L 02/20 # Arba'in of Imam Hussain L 02/28 # Demise of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan (Mujtaba) L 02/29 # Martyrdom of Imam Reza L 03/17 # Birth of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Jafar L 06/03 # Martyrdom of Fatima L 07/13 # Birth of Imam Ali L 07/27 # Mission of Prophet Muhammad L 08/15 # Birth of Imam Mahdi L 09/21 # Martyrdom of Imam Ali L 10/01 # Eid of Fitr L 10/25 # Martyrdom of Imam Jafar L 12/10 # Eid of Adha (Ghurban) L 12/18 # Eid of Ghadeer