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the spring new year, on the ring of your year.

nowruz as each country that keeps it publishes it, in one quiet layer of your sky, each day explained in its own words.

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nowruz is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds nowruz, the spring new year, as each country that keeps it publishes it: iran by its official calendar, kazakhstan, tajikistan and uzbekistan by their laws, azerbaijan and kyrgyzstan by their yearly decrees.

its dates are copied from those published calendars and laws, not worked out on your phone. tap a day and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.

solar · the spring equinox, as each country publishes it

a few of its days

chaharshanbe suri · iran

the eve of the last wednesday of the year, from dusk on tuesday

what it is

the festival of fire before nowruz. people jump over small bonfires to leave the old year's ills behind.

how it is kept

at sunset bundles of brushwood are lit, and men, women and children jump over them singing "zardi-ye man az to, sorkhi-ye to az man", "my paleness to you, your ruddiness to me". people go door to door banging spoons on bowls, and families share ajil, a mix of nuts and dried fruit.

nowruz · iran

new day

1 farvardin, as the year turns at the spring equinox

what it is

the first day of farvardin and the start of the iranian year, welcomed as the renewal of the world, of nature and of the home. it is kept by people of every faith among the iranian peoples.

how it is kept

houses are cleaned and sabzeh, fresh green shoots, are sprouted. families set the haft-sin, a cloth with seven things whose names begin with "s", and gather round it for the moment the year turns; then the young greet their elders and receive eidi, with the greeting "nowruz mobarak".

nauryz meyramy · kazakhstan

ulystyn uly kuni · the great day of the people

21 march

what it is

the kazakh spring new year, kept as the ancient new year of the steppe, when day and night stand equal: a day of renewal, peace and harmony.

how it is kept

homes are cleaned and new clothes worn. the heart of the feast is nauryz kozhe, a thick soup of seven ingredients standing for the blessings of the year, and the days are filled with visits, horse races, wrestling, songs and dancing.

in the app

the film

the nowruz almanac in zenith calendar
nowruz on zenith calendar: the spring new year on the ring of the year, each day opening to its story.

✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it

and the sky those days live in is worth staying for.

nowruz is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.

your year, an orbit

the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.

run a finger round the year

drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.

a week under its moon

tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.

the sun and the moon are doors

tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.

it keeps to itself

zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.

nowruz is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.

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nowruz ·

how to get it

  1. on a new install, the first page is "your starting sky": which almanacs start lit.
  2. under "faiths", tap "more faiths and traditions" to open that line.
  3. switch on "nowruz" (its mark is ⚘) and tap "· begin ·". it is lit from the start.
  4. already past the first page? nowruz waits, whole, in the archive. on the sky, hold the "almanacs" book in the bottom-right corner to open the binder.
  5. tap "▣" in the binder's bottom-left corner to turn to the archive, and tap "nowruz" once to choose it.
  6. tap "unlock" (the padlock) at the foot, then "▥ put back".
  7. it comes back eclipsed: tap the "almanacs" book on the sky and tap the "nowruz" chip, or choose it in the binder and tap "● shine". you can lock it again whenever you like.

sibling almanacs

  • bahá’íthe holy days of the badí‘ calendar, whose year opens with naw-rúz
  • zoroastrianthe zoroastrian religious year, with its own navroz

questions

When is Nowruz 2027?

In Iran, Nowruz falls on 21 March 2027, the first of Farvardin, as the year turns at the spring equinox. Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan keep it on 21 March too.

When is Chaharshanbe Suri 2027?

Chaharshanbe Suri, the festival of fire on the eve of the year's last Wednesday, falls on Tuesday 16 March 2027, kept from dusk. In 2026 it fell on 17 March.

How long is the Nauryz holiday in Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan keeps Nauryz Meyramy from 21 to 23 March each year, by its law.

What is sumalak?

Sumalak is a sweet paste of sprouted wheat cooked for Navro'z in Uzbekistan and Navruz in Tajikistan; women gather around great pots to stir it, often through the night, and share it with neighbours.

Is there a calendar app that shows Nowruz?

Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called nowruz: the spring new year as each country that keeps it publishes it, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. Turning it on costs nothing.

What's the difference between nowruz and the bahá’í naw-rúz in Zenith Calendar?

The nowruz almanac holds the spring new year as the countries that keep it publish it. The bahá’í almanac holds naw-rúz as the Bahá’í new year, among the holy days of the Badí‘ calendar. They are separate almanacs, so you light the one you keep.

Where do the nowruz almanac's dates come from?

They are copied from Iran's official calendar and from each country's own law or yearly decree, not worked out on your phone.