Azar
Azar (Persian: آذر, Persian pronunciation: [ɒːˈzæɾ][1]) is the ninth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan.[1] Azar has thirty days.[1] It begins in November and ends in December by the Gregorian calendar. Azar corresponds to the Tropical Astrological month of Sagittarius.
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Azar is the third month of autumn, and is followed by Dey.[1]
Events
- 5 - 1296 - the National Hockey League (NHL), the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA), is founded. Its first games were held on 27 Azar.
Deaths
- 1 — 1342 — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
Observances
- Thanksgiving Day (United States) - 1st Thursday of Azar
- Black Friday in the United States (shopping holiday, also marked in most other countries) - 1st Friday of Azar
- Small Business Saturday in the United States - 1st Saturday of Azar
- Cyber Monday - 2nd Monday of Azar
- Giving Tuesday - 2nd Tuesday of Azar
- Small Business Saturday (UK) - 2nd Saturday of Azar
- Anniversary of the formation of the National Hockey League - 5 or 6 Azar
- Iranian Students' Day - 16 Azar
- Pearl Harbor Day - 17 or 18 Azar
- Black Friday in the United Kingdom - Last Friday of Azar, may be ocassionally celebrated on the first Friday of Dey to match the date in the Gregorian calendar (held every last Friday before Christmas in the Gregorian)
- Yaldā Night - 31 Azar
References
- "Months and Seasons — Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
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