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Sky events in 1403

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. March equinox Nowruz; the year turns Wednesday 1 Farvardin 1403 at 06:36
  2. June solstice Longest day; summer begins Friday 1 Tir 1403 at 00:20
  3. September equinox Mehregan; autumn begins Sunday 1 Mehr 1403 at 16:13
  4. December solstice Yalda; the longest night Saturday 1 Dey 1403 at 12:50
  5. March equinox Nowruz; the year turns Thursday 30 Esfand 1403 at 12:31

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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.