Happy New Year
One of the aspects of Iranian culture that I think is particularly well done, is its calendar. We use a solar calendar similar to Gregorian calendar, but we mark the start of our year with a very appropriate natural event: vernal equinox. The holiday marking this day is called Norouz (نوروز) which usually occurs on March 20th or 21th.
Today at 17:07pm PST, the equinox happened and our new year officially started (across the northern hemisphere of course). So, Happy New Year.
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