Norouz 1387 times in different cities
| Tehran: | Thursday: | 09:18:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| New York: | Thursday | 01:48:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| Chicago: | Thursday | 12:48:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| Denver: | Wednesday | 11:48:19 PM | March 19, 2008 |
| Los Angeles: | Wednesday | 10:48:19 PM | March 19, 2008 |
| London: | Thursday | 05:48:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| Paris: | Thursday | 06:48:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| Berlin: | Thursday | 06:48:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| Athens: | Thursday | 07:48:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| Moscow: | Thursday | 08:48:19 AM | March 20, 2008 |
| Tokyo: | Thursday | 02:48:19 PM | March 20, 2008 |
| Sydney: | Thursday | 04:48:19 PM | March 20, 2008 |
Iranian new year (Norouz) is always celebrated on the first day of the spring. New Year is all about family time. All Iranian family celebrate this time of the year together and after the new year, it’s a tradition to visit the oldest member of the family which is most cases are grand parents. Children love this time of the year as they are off from school for two weeks and get presents where ever they go to visit which in Farsi they call it Eid Didani.
Few weeks before the new year each house hold have a spring cleaning and buy lots of Ajil (different kinds of nuts), cookies and fruits and have their haft seen set up. Before the new year Haji Firouz, who is man in red bright clothes will be signing songs, dancing and play tambourine.
