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Esfand (Persian: اسفند, Persian pronunciation: [esˈfænd][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. It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar.
Esfand is the third and last month of the winter season (Zemestan), and is followed by Farvardin.[1]
Observances
15 Esfand: Arbor Day in Iran This date, which typically starts on March 5, starts Natural Recyclable Resources Week, ending on March 12.
Deaths
- 16 - 1391 - Hugo Chávez, was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013
- 17 - 1308 - William Howard Taft, Chief Justice and 27th President of the United States
- 18 - 1390 - Simin Daneshvar, Iranian was an Iranian[4] academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
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