Taghvim

The modern Iranian calendar (Solar Hejri) is now the official calendar in Iran and Afghanistan. Its years are designated AP, short for Anno Persico.

The Iranian calendars or sometime Persian calendars (Persian: گاهشماری هجری خورشیدی Gâhšomâri-ye Hejri-ye Khorshidi means Solar Hejri calendar) are a succession of calendars invented or used for over two millennia in Greater Iran. One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modified time and again during its history to suit administrative, climatic, and  ...