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