Cities and towns
December 2026 1
SeasonalApril 2027 1
CulturalJune 2027 1
SpiritualUsually in March, date not yet confirmed 1
CulturalUsually in April, date not yet confirmed 1
SeasonalShared with much of the world
Celebrated in Afghanistan and in many other countries.
November 2026 1
National daysJanuary 2027 2
Seasonal
1Jan
New Year's Day🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 57 more countries
Spiritual
23Jan
Mid-Sha'ban🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 15 more countries
February 2027 1
SpiritualMarch 2027 1
SpiritualApril 2027 1
SeasonalMay 2027 1
SpiritualSeptember 2027 1
SpiritualUsually in March, date not yet confirmed 1
SeasonalUsually in July, date not yet confirmed 1
SportsUsually in August, date not yet confirmed 1
SportsPhoto credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chess Olympiad: Vanjagenije, CC0, source
- Sizdah Be-dar: PersianDutchNetwork, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ramadan: Gabby Canonizado, CC BY 2.0, source
- New Year's Day: Ximeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eid al-Ghadir: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, source
- Chaharshanbe Suri: Philippe Giabbanelli, CC BY 3.0, source
- Eid al-Fitr: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nowruz: Katzenfee50, CC0, source
- Ashura: Abbas Shariati, CC BY 4.0, source
- Purim: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Yalda Night: M.Sadegh Nikgostar/Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, source
- Remembrance Day: Philip Stevens, Public domain, source
- Vaisakhi: Michael Clark, CC BY 2.0, source
- 44th Chess Olympiad: Srikanth Ramakrishnan/BESTpedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yuri's Night: Ryan Somma, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mid-Sha'ban: sayyed shahab-o- din vajedi, CC BY 4.0, source