Today's date in Iran

Today is 15 Mehr 1405 in Iran's official Solar Hijri calendar (Wednesday, October 7, 2026 in the Gregorian calendar). Iran is 3½ hours ahead of UTC, so the date changes in Tehran before it does in Europe or the Americas.

Today is 24 Rabi al-Thani 1448 AH by the tabular Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is lunar; each month begins with the sighting of the new crescent, so the date announced in Iran, Saudi Arabia or elsewhere may be a day ahead of or behind this figure.

The Solar Hijri calendar counts years from the Prophet Muhammad's migration to Medina in 622 CE, like the Islamic calendar, but it is solar: the year begins at the exact moment of the spring equinox (Nowruz, 20 or 21 March) and has 365 or 366 days. The first six months have 31 days, the next five have 30, and the last (Esfand) has 29 or 30. Because it is anchored to the equinox, it drifts less than the Gregorian calendar. Iran and Afghanistan use it officially.

Both start counting from 622 CE, but the Islamic year is about 11 days shorter than a solar year, so the lunar count runs ahead: it gains roughly one year every 33 years. The gap today is 43 years.

Farvardin, Ordibehesht, Khordad (spring); Tir, Mordad, Shahrivar (summer); Mehr, Aban, Azar (autumn); Dey, Bahman, Esfand (winter). The week starts on Saturday and the weekend is Friday (and, since 2024 in many offices, Thursday).