The names of the days of the month and the week in ancient Iran

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At Iranian chronologyEach day of the month has a special name. For example, the second day of every month is called Bahman Rooz, and the sixteenth day of every month is called Mehr Rooz..

All the ancient festivals are recorded based on these names and it seems The ancient chronology was based on the names of the days of the month Is.

1-It seems that the number of days in the month was 30 days in the ancient calendar. (In today's chronology, the first 6 months of the year have 31 days) But it is said that "Ordad" was the name of an extra day that was added to the ancient calendar every four years. Therefore, "Ordad" is a good name for the 31st day in today's calendar.

To see the name of each day of the month and continue, refer to the rest of the article

In general, these names include :

But the names of the days of the week have also been left from ancient Iran The names of Mithraic days are famous. These names include:

Saturday – کیوان شید

a saturday – seal

Monday – مه شید

Tuesday – بهرام شید

Wednesday – shoot

Thursday – Get paid

Adina – Nahid Shid

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Cultural magazine. Farhang Iran Publications

Hashim Razi. Chronology and celebrations of ancient Iran. Tehran: Forohar Publications, 1358

Taken from Ahura campus