Months of the Iranian calendar

Farvardin (, ) is the Iranian Persian name for the first month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran, and corresponds with Aries on the Zodiac. Farvardin has thirty-one days. It is the first month of the spring season (Bahâr), and is followed by Ordibehesht. The Afghan Pashto name for it is Wray.

Bahman (, ) is the eleventh and penultimate month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Bahman has thirty days. It begins in January and ends in February of the Gregorian calendar. The month is equivalent to Aquarius in the Zodiac.

tenth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan

Azar (, ) is the ninth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Azar has thirty days. It begins in November and ends in December by the Gregorian calendar. Azar corresponds to the Tropical Astrological month of Sagittarius.

Mordad (, ) is the fifth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Mordad has thirty-one days, beginning in July and ending in August of the Gregorian calendar. It is the second month of summer after Tir, and is followed by Shahrivar. The Afghan Persian name is Asad; in Pashto it is Zmaray. The name is derived from Ameretat, the Zoroastrian divinity/divine concept of immortality.

Khordad (, ) is the third month of the Solar Hijri calendar. Khordad has thirty-one days. It begins in May and ends in June by the Gregorian calendar. Khordad is the third month of the spring season (Bahar). It is followed by Tir. The Afghan Persian name is Jawzā (). The name is derived from the deity name Haurvatat.

Esfand (, ) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Esfand has twenty-nine days normally, and thirty during leap years. It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar.

Ordibehesht‌ or Ardibehesht (, ) is the second month of the Zoroastrian calendar, which is used officially in Iran and Afghanistan and of the Solar Hijri calendar. It has 31 days and spans the months of April and May in the Gregorian calendar. The Dari name for the month is Saur or Sowr and the Afghan Pashto name for it is Ǧwayai.

fourth month of the Solar Hijri calendar

eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar

seventh month of the Solar Hijri calendar

Shahrivar (, ) is the sixth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Shahrivar has thirty-one days. It begins in August and ends in September by the Gregorian calendar. The Afghan Persian name is Sonbola; in Pashto it is Waǵay.