The Parsi Zoroastrian Calendar has Thirty (30) Days.
They are given below, alongwith their meaning:
Hormazd – Lord of Wisdom
Bahman – Good Mind
Ardibehesht – Truth & Order
Shehrevar – Great Power
Asfandarmad – Devotion
Khordad – Perfection
Amerdad – Immortality
Dae-pa-adar – Giver of Fire
Adar – Fire
Ava – Water
Khorshed – Sun
Mohor – Moon
Tir – Star
Gosh – Cow
Dae-pa-meher – Giver of Friendship
Meher – Friendship
Sarosh – Prayer
Rashne – Judge
Fravardin – Guardian Spirit
Behram – Victory
Mino Ram – Joy and Peace
Govad – Wind
Dae-pa-din – Giver of Religion
Din – Religion
Ashishvangh – Wealth
Ashtad – Justice
Asman – Sky
Zamyad – Earth
Manrespand – Holy Words
Aneran – Endless Light
The oldest (though not dateable) testimony for the existence of the day dedications comes from Yasna 16, a section of the Yasnaliturgy that is – for the most part – a veneration to the 30 divinities with day-name dedications. The Siroza – a two-part Avesta text with individual dedications to the 30 calendar divinities – has the same sequence.
The month-names (with Avestan language names in parentheses), in the ordinal sequence used today, are:
Gatha days details
- Jashan of Asha Vahishta, dedicated to fire and all other luminaries.
- Jashan of Hauravata, dedicated to the waters.
- Jashan of Ameretat, dedicated to plants.
- Jashan of Kshatra Vairya, dedicated to metals and minerals.
- Jashan of Vohu Manah, dedicated to animal creation.
- Jashan of Aramaiti, dedicated to the earth.
Gahambar days details
These are the six seasonal festivals celebrated by the Zoroastrians to commemorate the six universal creations of God and reaffirm the sanctity of God's creation. They are celebrated for five days each, during different seasons of the year. The actual dates on which they fall vary, depending upon the Zoroastrian calendar. During the five festive days of Gahambar, the five material creations are honored, namely earth, water, plants, animals and humans. The first four days are spend reciting verses from the scriptures and on the fifth day people come together and enjoy a feast. The six Gahambar festivals are:
- Maidyozarem Gahambar. It is the mid spring festival, comes in April or May each year.
- Maidyoi-shema Gahambar. It is the mid summer festival, falls in June or July each year.
- Paitishahema Gahambar. It is celebrated on the occasion of bringing the harvest home, falls in September every year.
- Ayathrem Gahambar is celebrated to mark the return of the herd of cattle from grazing in far away lands, which was the custom in ancient days. It usually falls in October.
- Maidyarem Gahambar is celebrated to mark the mid year winter festivals, falls either in December or January.
- Hamaspathmaidyem Gahambar. It is called festival of all souls, celebrated usually in March.
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