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Parsi New Year 2017: All you need to know about Jamshedi Navroz
Parsi New Year 2017: All you need to know about Jamshedi Navroz
The Vibrant Festival Was Started 3,000 Years Back By Emperor Jamshed, Who Introduced The New Calendar In Persia.The Auspicious Day Falls On The Spring Equinox â The Day When Both North And South Pole Have Sunlight Making Day And Night Of Equal Duration.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Neha Singh | Updated on: 17 Aug 2017, 10:30:56 AM
New Delhi:
The Parsi community is celebrating ‘Jamshedi Navroz’ or Pateti on Thursday. The Persian or Iranian New Year or popularly called ‘Nowruz’ is usually celebrated on March 21. The significance behind the festival is that it is celebrated around the time when the days start getting longer. This phenomenon is termed as ‘vernal equinox’.
Persian New Year 2021
Parsi New Year 2021 will be celebrated on August 17th in India.
After the legendary King of Persia, Jamshed, who began the Parsi Calendar and Navroz,
meaning new day , it is also known as Jamshedi Navroz. Navroz is celebrated globally
in March, but the Shahenshahi calendar is followed in India, which does not account
for leap years, so Navroz arrives 200 days later, in August.
After the Persian King, Jamshed, Navroz is also known as Jamshed-i-Navroz. The king
is credited with having developed the calendar of Persia, or the calendar of Shahenshahi.
Legend tells the storey of Jamshed saving the planet from an apocalypse that came