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beginning of each month corresponds to the entry of the sun into the first degree of each of the various signs of the zodiac. The calendar was extensively used in the latter half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th. This calendar has been the official calendar of the area at various times and was the calendar replaced by the Persian Solar. |
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Official month names were given in Arabic, but the Persians of the area also used Farsi names, as show in Table 9.25. In the last year of its use, the calendar matched against the Gregorian as shown in Table 9.26. |
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One consequence of the zodiacal bond of this calendar is that the number of days per month can vary, usually between 29 and 32 days per month. Like all such zodiacal calendars, the Borji is inconvenient from a computational perspective, and is difficult to use for accurate prediction of future dates. |
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Persian Solar. This calendar, also called the Persian Solar Hegira, or Iranian Solar, retains a Muslim epoch but uses a solar year and traditional Persian names for months. |
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A fifth calendar, usually styled the Turco-Mongolian, was also employed in several eastern areas as well but did not see extensive use. |
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Table 9.26 Synchronization of Borji and Gregorian calendars. |
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| | | | | Sign | Year | Month | Day | Year | Month | Day | | Aries | 1303 | Hamal | 1 | 1924 | March | 21 | | Taurus | 1303 | Thur | 1 | 1924 | April | 20 | | Gemini | 1303 | Jawza' | 1 | 1924 | May | 21 | | Cancer | 1303 | Saratan | 1 | 1924 | June | 22 | | Leo | 1303 | Asad | 1 | 1924 | July | 23 | | Virgo | 1303 | Sunbula | 1 | 1924 | August | 24 | | Libra | 1303 | Mizan | 1 | 1924 | September | 23 | | Scorpio | 1303 | 'Aqrab | 1 | 1924 | October | 24 | | Saggitarius | 1303 | Qaws | 1 | 1924 | November | 23 | | Capricorn | 1303 | Jadi | 1 | 1924 | December | 22 | | Aquarius | 1303 | Dalw | 1 | 1925 | January | 21 | | Pisces | 1303 | Hut | 1 | 1925 | February | 19 |
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