Azar ( fa, آذر, ) is the ninth month of the

Solar Hijri calendar The Solar calendar ( fa, گاه‌شماری هجری خورشیدی, Gâhšomâri-ye Xoršidi; ps, لمريز لېږدیز کلیز, lamrez legdez kalhandara; ku, ڕۆژژمێری کۆچیی ھەتاوی, Salnameya Koçberiyê) is a solar c ...

, the official calendar of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

and

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...

. Azar has thirty days. It begins in

November November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. Nove ...

and ends in

December December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the last of seven months to have a length of 31 days. December got its name from the Latin word ''decem'' (meaning ten) because it was orig ...

by the

Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years di ...

. Azar corresponds to the Tropical Astrological month of

Sagittarius Sagittarius ( ) may refer to: *Sagittarius (constellation) *Sagittarius (astrology), a sign of the Zodiac Ships *''SuperStar Sagittarius'', a cruise ship * USS ''Sagittarius'' (AKN-2), a World War II US Navy cargo ship Music *Sagittarius (ban ...

. Azar is the third month of

autumn Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March ( S ...

, and is followed by Dey. The name is derived from

Atar Atar, Atash, or Azar ( ae, 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭, translit=ātar) is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire, sometimes described in abstract terms as "burning and unburning fire" or "visible and invisible fire" (Mirza, 1987:389). It is considered to ...

, the

Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ...

concept of holy fire.

Events

* 5 - 1296 - the National Hockey League (NHL), the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA), is founded. Its first games were held on 27 Azar. * 9 - 1297 -

Union of Transylvania with Romania The union of Transylvania with Romania was declared on by the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia. The Great Union Day (also called ''Unification Day''), celebrated on 1 December, is a national holiday in Romani ...

* 6 - 1306 - Macy's New York employees march on Thanksgiving Day, making this parade a precursor to the modern day

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. * 16 - 1320 - Bombing of Pearl Harbor, beginning the Pacific War * 17 - 1320 - President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his

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to Congress, urging it to declare war against Japan * 25 - 1368 -

Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred ...

begins with the police attack at an anti-government rally in

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

. * 20 - 1372 -

Highland Towers tragedy The Highland Towers collapse occurred on 11 December 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Tower Block 1 collapsed from a major landslide caused by heavy rains that burst diversion pipes. The Highland Towers consisted of thre ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

* 6 - 1387 - Mumbai attacks

Deaths

* 1 — 1342 — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

Observances

Thanksgiving Day (United States) Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and r ...

- 1st Thursday of Azar * Black Friday in the United States (shopping holiday, also marked in most other countries) - 1st Friday of Azar * Small Business Saturday in the United States - 1st Saturday of Azar *

Cyber Monday Cyber Monday is a marketing term for e-commerce transactions on the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It was created by retailers to encourage people to shop online. The term was coined by Ellen Davis of the National Retail ...

- 2nd Monday of Azar *

Giving Tuesday GivingTuesday, often stylized as #GivingTuesday for the purposes of hashtag activism, is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It is touted as a "global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to tran ...

- 2nd Tuesday of Azar * Small Business Saturday (UK) - 2nd Saturday of Azar * Anniversary of the formation of the National Hockey League - 5 or 6 Azar * Azarnegan and

Great Union Day , nickname = ro, Ziua Marii Uniri , observedby = Romania, Moldova (unofficially) , begins = , ends = , duration = 1 day , frequency = annual , scheduling = same day each year , date = 1 December , da ...

(Romania) - 10 Azar * Iranian Students' Day - 16 Azar * Conception of the Theotokos - 16 or 17 Azar * Pearl Harbor Day - 17 or 18 Azar * Black Friday in the United Kingdom - Last Friday of Azar, may be occasionally celebrated on the first Friday of Dey to match the date in the Gregorian calendar (held every last Friday before Christmas in the Gregorian) * Yaldā Night - 31 Azar

References

Months of the Iranian calendar {{Iran-stub