Iran has world most accurate calender.

[Hack-Hook]

Not correct.

First of all lunar or solar does not really matter. Both can be as accurate as the calculations deriving them. The solar is preferred though for stability of its seasonal rotation which makes agriculture easier since farmers know what date they have to start their crops.

Iranian calendar is still Jalali. And contrary to popular concepts has no error since it is an observational calendar. Each year astronomers determine the exact vernal equinox and that becomes the basis for the new year. But its observational property makes the calendar on its last date a bit cumbersome as the date can change for the last day of the year during any hour. The pure calculation based calendar based on Jalali had been proposed by Birashk which would introduce a small error but make the calendar non-observational. The proposal has never been put before Iranian parliament and is not official and is only an academic topic. Iran's current calendar remains observational and each year Tehran observatory calculates the new year based on its observation.

not exactly in Jalali Calendar the number of days in months can vary in different year but in Iran calender that adopted in 1925 they fixed the number of days in the months in different years

On 21 February 1911, the second Persian parliament adopted as the official calendar of Iran the Jalālī solar calendar with months bearing the names of the twelve constellations of the zodiac and the years named for the animals of the duodecennial cycle; it remained in use until 1925.[7] The present Iranian calendar was legally adopted on 31 March 1925, under the early Pahlavi dynasty. The law said that the first day of the year should be the first day of spring in "the true solar year", "as it has been" ever so. It also fixed the number of days in each month, which previously varied by year with the tropical zodiac. It revived the ancient Persian names, which are still used It specified the origin of the calendar (Hegira of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE). It also deprecated the 12-year cycles of the Chinese-Uighur calendar which were not officially sanctioned but were commonly used.

 

[longbrained]

not exactly in Jalali Calendar the number of days in months can vary in different year but in Iran calender that adopted in 1925 they fixed the number of days in the months in different years

I see what you mean, but that is just the organization of the calendar and nothing fundamental. At best you can say it is a modified jalali. But still it is an observational calendar with no error. Though if Iran moves on to the Birashk proposed calendar I guess it is going to be better since like Georgian calendar then the new year would always start at mid night. But then I guess that would interfere with cultural significance of Noruz and Haft seen, if I am not wrong.

 

[bozorgmehr]

People always love the truth. Iran has even supporters in US even among white Americans. There is even a myth. I can not testify to it because I have heard it from some one just once. This Iranian myth is said to be based on an 800 year old book in which the Iranian author claims that a leader of the world will emerge in the enemy of Iran and that Iranians should know that this leader is at his heart with Iranians and working for Iranian interests leading the enemy. The myth gets stranger when you find out that Obama in Farsi means: "He who is with us". Can you believe that?

Thank you for your concise and accurate explanations. Regarding Obama, that's a good one. Although in the modern Iranian dialect it would have to be "oo baa maa". It means "He/she with us".

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Aren't all calendars "accurate". Every single one of them starts at different points. The Western calendar is in the years 2000+; Islamic Calendars around the years 1400+; Jewish calendars around the year 5000+ etc....So I what's accurate for one might not be accurate for the other.

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

I found our because some people were saying it on facebook, and then I saw wiki says the same thing.
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[Hack-Hook]

Aren't all calendars "accurate". Every single one of them starts at different points. The Western calendar is in the years 2000+; Islamic Calendars around the years 1400+; Jewish calendars around the year 5000+ etc....So I what's accurate for one might not be accurate for the other.

the accuracy of a calendar has nothing to do with the year it begin . the accuracy is related to how they calculate the leap years and how they calculate the start of the year.
as for your question no they are not as accurate as each other but they usually are accurate enough for daily use .

 

[Hack-Hook]

I see what you mean, but that is just the organization of the calendar and nothing fundamental. At best you can say it is a modified jalali. But still it is an observational calendar with no error. Though if Iran moves on to the Birashk proposed calendar I guess it is going to be better since like Georgian calendar then the new year would always start at mid night. But then I guess that would interfere with cultural significance of Noruz and Haft seen, if I am not wrong.

well its correct that its observational calendar without any intrinsic error . but as you said its a revised Jalali calendar to make it easier and about the Mr. Birashk calendar as I understand it's used is in computer software and digital devices but it also use the Vernal Equinox as the start of the year the calculation is used for finding the Leap Years . you knew one of the thing that make Gregorian calendar inaccurate is the way they determain the start of the year ,that using an exact hour for the start of year make it easy but it also make the calendar inaccurate ,and also prone to funny incident for example if I recall correctly in Fiji because they wanted to be the first country to go in 21 century they moved their clock one hour forward before the millennial with our calendar such thing is impossible

 

[regular]

Is there anything Iran don't have??...cuz I guess Iran got everything.....

 

[Serpentine]

People always love the truth. Iran has even supporters in US even among white Americans. There is even a myth. I can not testify to it because I have heard it from some one just once. This Iranian myth is said to be based on an 800 year old book in which the Iranian author claims that a leader of the world will emerge in the enemy of Iran and that Iranians should know that this leader is at his heart with Iranians and working for Iranian interests leading the enemy. The myth gets stranger when you find out that Obama in Farsi means: "He who is with us". Can you believe that?

Although Obama in Farsi means 'He with us' but i haven't seen any indication that he is working in favor of Iran

Or maybe he is hiding it from the world so that Jews won't topple him in America,you know how powerful they are,they can do almost anything in U.S