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'''Esfand''' ({{langx|fa|اسفند}}, {{IPA|fa|esˈfænd}}<ref name=": 0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.jahanshiri.ir/fa/en/vocab-months-seasons.php|title = Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary|date = 2014|accessdate = September 8, 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>) is the twelfth and final month of the [[Solar Hijri calendar]], the official calendar of [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref name=": 0" /> Esfand has twenty-nine days<ref name=": 0" /> normally, and thirty during [[leap year]]s.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://aramis.obspm.fr/~heydari/divers/ir-cal-eng.html |title= A concise review of the Iranian calendar |first=M. |last=Heydari-Malayeri  | date = December 11, 2006 | access-date= 2022-07-08}} </ref> It begins in February and ends in March of the [[Gregorian calendar]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2014}}. The [[Afghan Persian]] name is '''Hūt'''; in [[Pashto]] it is '''[[Kab (month)|Kab]]'''.
'''Esfand''' ({{langx|fa|اسفند}}, {{IPA|fa|esˈfænd}}<ref name=": 0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.jahanshiri.ir/fa/en/vocab-months-seasons.php|title = Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary|date = 2014|accessdate = September 8, 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>) is the twelfth and final month of the [[Solar Hijri calendar]], the official calendar of [[Iran]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref name=": 0" /> Esfand has twenty-nine days<ref name=": 0" /> normally, and thirty during [[leap year]]s.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://aramis.obspm.fr/~heydari/divers/ir-cal-eng.html |title= A concise review of the Iranian calendar |first=M. |last=Heydari-Malayeri  | date = December 11, 2006 | access-date= 2022-07-08}} </ref> It begins in February and ends in March of the [[Gregorian calendar]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2014}}.


Esfand is the third and last month of the [[winter]] season (Zemestan), and is followed by [[Farvardin]].<ref name=": 0" />
Esfand is the third and last month of the [[winter]] season (Zemestan), and is followed by [[Farvardin]].<ref name=": 0" />
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* 5-6 Esfand: [[Defender of the Fatherland Day]] and [[National Day (Brunei)|National Day of Brunei]]
* 5-6 Esfand: [[Defender of the Fatherland Day]] and [[National Day (Brunei)|National Day of Brunei]]
* 6-7 Esfand: [[Independence Day (Estonia)]]
* 6-7 Esfand: [[Independence Day (Estonia)]]
* 7-10/11 Esfand: [[Ayyám-i-Há|Ayyam-i-Há]]
* 12-13 Esfand: [[Liberation Day (Bulgaria)]]  
* 12-13 Esfand: [[Liberation Day (Bulgaria)]]  
* 15 Esfand: [[Arbor Day#Iran|Arbor Day in Iran]] This date, which typically starts on March 5, starts Natural Recyclable Resources Week, ending on March 12.
* 15 Esfand: [[Arbor Day#Iran|Arbor Day in Iran]] This date, which typically starts on March 5, starts Natural Recyclable Resources Week, ending on March 12.
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 5 September 2025

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Esfand (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".[1]) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan.[1] Esfand has twenty-nine days[1] normally, and thirty during leap years.[2] It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendarScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..

Esfand is the third and last month of the winter season (Zemestan), and is followed by Farvardin.[1]

Events

Observances

Movable observances and festivals

  • Lantern Festival: Held 15 days following the Chinese New Year, date falls on first or second week of this month
  • Frawardigan: Held 19-29 Esfand in normal years, and 20-30 Esfand in leap years, Zoroastrian period of remembrance of the dead

Births

24 Esfand is the Reza shah birthday.

Deaths

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  • 17 - 1308 - William Howard Taft, Chief Justice and 27th President of the United States
  • 18 - 1390 - Simin Daneshvar, Academic, novelist, fiction writer and translatorScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..

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