Sky · Tehran time

Sky events in 1406

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 Monday 31 Khordad 1406 at 17:40
  2. September equinox Mehregan; autumn begins Thursday 1 Mehr 1406 at 09:31
  3. December solstice Yalda; the longest night Wednesday 1 Dey 1406 at 06:12

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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.