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Next: 21 Mar to 2 Apr 2027

Nowruz

The Persian new year at the spring equinox: a haft-sin table, spring cleaning, jumping over fires and thirteen days of visits.

Nowruz: Haft-sin , Nowruz
Photo: Katzenfee50, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

When is Nowruz in 2027?

Nowruz 2027 runs from 21 March to 2 April 2027. Other years: 2026, 21 March to 2 April 2026; 2028, 20 March to 1 April 2028.

About Nowruz

Nowruz, "new day", begins at the moment of the spring equinox and is celebrated by more than 300 million people in Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Kurdish and Parsi communities. Its roots lie in the Zoroastrian tradition of renewal. In the weeks before, homes are cleaned in khaneh tekani, and fires are leapt on the last Wednesday of the year in Chaharshanbe Suri. The family gathers around the haft-sin table, set with seven items beginning with the Persian letter S, among them sprouted wheat, vinegar, apples, garlic and coins, with a mirror, a goldfish and painted eggs. Family and friends visit each other for thirteen days, and on the thirteenth, sizdah bedar, picnic outdoors. UNESCO has listed it.

Nowruz dates: 2026, 2027, 2028

YearNowruz date
202621 March to 2 April 2026
202721 March to 2 April 2027
202820 March to 1 April 2028

What is eaten

  • sabzi polo ba mahi
  • kuku sabzi
  • sholeh zard
  • sumalak

Traditions of Nowruz

Haft-sinThe table of seven S items.Chaharshanbe SuriThe fire-jumping evening.Sizdah BedarThe thirteenth-day picnic.

Also part of it, and being written: Haji Firuz (The red-clad musician of the season.).

About this page

Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Nowruz" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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