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Hi Iranian Persian learners! 😃

In today's lesson, you will learn how to say the months of the year in Persian and how to use the Persian calendar.

As you near the end of this lesson, take a moment to consider these related topics: The Practice of Taarof in Iran, Castles, Lesson 17: Persian cinema and music & The Bakhtiari.

Persian Calendar[edit | edit source]

Iranians use "Hejri-e shamsi" calendar. Sometimes we call it "Jalali" calendar.

Order	Days	Persian (Iran)		Months
Order	Days	Native Script	Romanized	Months
1	31	فروردین	Farvardin	March – April
2	31	اردیبهشت	Ordibehesht	April – May
3	31	خرداد	Khordad	May – June
4	31	تیر	Tir	June – July
5	31	مرداد / امرداد	Mordad / Amordad	July – August
6	31	شهریور	Shahrivar	August – September
7	30	مهر	Mehr	September – October
8	30	آبان	Aban	October – November
9	30	آذر	Azar	November – December
10	30	دی	Dey	December – January
11	30	بهمن	Bahman	January – February
12	29/30	اسفند / اسپند	Esfand / Espand	February – March

The first month of the year in Hejri-e Shamsi is "Farvardin" and the latest is "Esfand".

As you will see, we have 12 months. First 6 months have 31 days and second 6 months have 30 days.

And at the end, here we have the list of months:

The year is 4 season for us.