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Sky · Tehran time

Sky events in 1404

Every instant is computed by the Zij engine from the orbits of the earth and the moon, written in Tehran time.

The four points of the year

Two equinoxes and two solstices: the instants the Persian year is built on.

  1. June solstice Longest day; summer begins Saturday 31 Khordad 1404 at 06:12
  2. September equinox Mehregan; autumn begins Monday 31 Shahrivar 1404 at 21:49
  3. December solstice Yalda; the longest night Sunday 30 Azar 1404 at 18:33
  4. March equinox Nowruz; the year turns Friday 29 Esfand 1404 at 18:15

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New and full moons

Month by month; every lunar month opens with a new moon and reaches full at its middle.

  1. Farvardin

  2. Ordibehesht

  3. Khordad

  4. Tir

  5. Mordad

  6. Shahrivar

  7. Mehr

  8. Aban

  9. Azar

  10. Dey

  11. Bahman

  12. Esfand

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Moon in Scorpio

Spans when the moon is in Scorpio. In folk belief starting something new on these days is inauspicious; Zij shows it, it does not judge.