Sky · Tehran time

Sky events in 1405

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 Sunday 31 Khordad 1405 at 11:54
  2. September equinox Mehregan; autumn begins Wednesday 1 Mehr 1405 at 03:35
  3. December solstice Yalda; the longest night Tuesday 1 Dey 1405 at 00:20
  4. March equinox Nowruz; the year turns Saturday 29 Esfand 1405 at 23:54

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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.