Google Doodle Celebrates Nowruz 2024: In honor of “International Nowruz Day 2024,” Google invited Iranian guest artist Pendar Yousefi to make a Google Doodle that captured the spirit of the holidays he celebrated as a child.
Also called the Persian or Iranian New Year, Nowruz literally means “new day” in Farsi. In most places of the world, it happens between March 19th and March 21st. It marks the start of the Iranian solar year, which is called the Hijri calendar. Nowruz is a Zoroastrian holiday that marks the beginning of the Iranian new year.
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are just a few of the countries that celebrated festivals along the Silk Roads.
Date and Time of Nowruz 2024
Today is the Iranian New Year, which also happens to be the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. You can spell Nowruz as either Norooz or Nowrooz. The spring equinox will happen at 6:36 AM on March 20, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. The UN, on the other hand, calls March 21st Nowruz Day, highlighting how important it is and how it is celebrated all over the world.
Here are the exact times for Nowruz 2024:
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: March 20, 2024, 9:06 a.m.
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At 8:06 a.m. on March 20, 2024, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
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At 4:06 a.m., March 20, 2024, in Tirana, Albania
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At 7:06 a.m., March 20, 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Iraq: March 20, 2024, at 7:06 a.m.
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At 6:06 a.m., March 20, 2024, in Damascus, Syria
India will celebrate Nowruz 2024 on two different dates, each based on a different annual custom. The first one will happen on March 20, 2024, which is also the day that people around the world celebrate Nowruz.
The Shahenshahi calendar doesn’t take leap years into account, so the second party will happen on August 15, 2024. This will keep the practice of having two New Year’s celebrations going.
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