✦ zenith calendar · the zoroastrian almanac
the religious year in its three reckonings, in one quiet layer of your sky, each day explained in its own tradition's words.
zoroastrian is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds the zoroastrian religious year in its three reckonings: shahenshahi, which most parsis of india keep; kadmi, a month ahead of it; and fasli, the seasonal reckoning, whose days fall on the same date every year. each day says which reckoning it belongs to.
its dates come from published government lists and fixed dates, 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 shahenshahi, kadmi and fasli reckonings
21 march, when day and night stand equal
the new year of spring: the first day of farvardin for those who keep the fasli reckoning, and kept by parsis of every reckoning as a feast of new beginnings.
families wear new clothes, pray at the fire temple, hold a jashan, the thanksgiving prayer led by priests, and share a festive meal with visits and greetings.
the parsi new year
hormazd roj of farvardin mah, the first day of the shahenshahi year
the parsi new year in the shahenshahi reckoning that most parsis of india keep. because this reckoning adds no leap day, it has drifted from spring and now falls in august.
a toran of flowers is hung on the door and chalk patterns drawn on the step; the day begins with sweet sev and dahi, then the family goes to the agiary, the fire temple, with sandalwood for the sacred fire.
zenith calendar draws the year as an orbit round the sun. lit, zoroastrian puts its days on their dates on that ring, in rose. its mark is ▲.
each day carries three short paragraphs in its notes: what it is, where it comes from as its own tradition tells it, and how it is kept.
zoroastrian arrives locked, so nothing in it changes by accident. the lock guards your hand, not your eye: you can still read it, shine it or eclipse it. one tap unlocks it, and then it is yours to rename, recolour or add to.
tap its chip in the legend to eclipse it (kept, but not drawn) and tap again to bring it back. nothing is deleted either way.
zoroastrian shares one sky with your own commitments. like every almanac that comes with the app, it never counts toward the almanacs you can make for free, and it lives on your phone: zenith calendar has no server of its own.
✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it
zoroastrian 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
zoroastrian is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.
zoroastrian ·
In the Shahenshahi reckoning that most Parsis of India keep, Navroz falls on 15 August 2027. In 2026 it fell on 15 August too.
Jamshedi Navroz is kept on 21 March every year, when day and night stand equal. Parsis of every reckoning keep it.
The Shahenshahi reckoning adds no leap day, so its new year has drifted from spring and now falls in August.
They are the three reckonings of the Zoroastrian year. Shahenshahi is the one most Parsis of India keep, Kadmi runs a month ahead of it, and Fasli is seasonal, so its days fall on the same date every year.
Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called zoroastrian: the Zoroastrian religious year in its three reckonings, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. Turning it on costs nothing.
Zoroastrian holds the Zoroastrian religious year in its three reckonings. Nowruz holds the spring new year as each country that keeps it publishes it. They are separate almanacs, so you light the one you keep.