Shamsi to Gregorian Dates for Visas and Nowruz
Gizke Team · Published · Reading time: 1 minute
Iran and Afghanistan use the Shamsi (Jalali) solar calendar in everyday life. Passports, visas and most foreign forms still want a Gregorian date. This guide shows how the two line up, with a worked Nowruz example, then points you at a converter that never uploads your dates.
On this page
Open the Persian date converter if you only need the numbers.
Shamsi in one minute
- The year usually starts on Nowruz (1 Farvardin), around 20–21 March Gregorian.
- The first six months have 31 days; the next five have 30; Esfand has 29 or 30 in a leap year.
- It is not the lunar Hijri (قمری) calendar. For moon-year dates use the separate Hijri date converter (coming next).
Worked example
1 Farvardin 1405 = 21 March 2026. 1 Farvardin 1406 = 21 March 2027 (algorithm on the tool).
So a birth date written 1370/04/15 on an Iranian ID is midsummer 1370 Shamsi — convert it before a Schengen or US form, which expect YYYY-MM-DD Gregorian.
Visa and residence forms
- Read whether the form asks for Gregorian (almost always abroad).
- Convert with the Shamsi ↔ Gregorian tool — Persian digits such as
۱۴۰۵are accepted. - Copy the Gregorian result; keep the Shamsi original for Iranian paperwork.
Nowruz countdown
The converter also shows whole days until the next 1 Farvardin. It does not tick in seconds. Treat algorithm dates as a planning aid; holiday closures still follow local announcements.
Versus the site calendar
/calendar is a monthly grid. The converter is for a single date both ways across a wide year range.
Privacy
Dates stay in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Use the Persian (Shamsi) date converter for the next form you fill in.