Mission Statement

This project is not bound to any political, ethnic, social or religious groupings. The aim of this project is to provide free available multilingual Afghan calendars, that are accessible on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality via free tools. The calendars are released under the GNU General Public License.

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The calendars are in the PDF format. For viewing and printing you need a viewer program like XPdf or Acrobat reader. These programs are in general already installed on most computers. If not you can download a PDF viewer free of charge (see links section). Currently over 100 different calendars are available. For a complete list you can view the document folder at Savannah (thanks to Savannah for hosting this project). At the moment only the "Dari-English" and the "Dari-German" versions are ready. The "Pashto-English" and the "Pashto-German" version will follow in near future.

Year 1390 (2011-12)

HolidaysLanguages (A3 sheet almanac)Languages (A4 diary)
Flag Australia Australia Queensland (AU-QLD)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Tasmania (AU-TAS)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia South Australia (AU-SA)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Western Australia (AU-WA)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Australian Capital Territory (AU-ACT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia New South Wales (AU-NSW)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Northern Territory (AU-NT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Victoria (AU-VIC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Austria Austria (AT)PDFDari-German, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada British Columbia (CA-BC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Manitoba (CA-MB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada New Brunswick (CA-NB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Newfoundland (CA-NF)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Nova Scotia (CA-NS)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CA-NT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Ontario (CA-ON)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Prince Edward Island (CA-PE)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Québec (CA-QC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Saskatchewan (CA-SK)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Yukon Territory (CA-YK)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Germany Germany Baden-Württemberg (DE-BW)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Bavaria (DE-BY)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Berlin (DE-BE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Brandenburg (DE-BB)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Bremen (DE-HB)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Hamburg (DE-HH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Hessen (DE-HE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (DE-MV)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Niedersachsen (DE-NI)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE-NW)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Rheinland-Pfalz (DE-RP)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Saarland (DE-SL)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Sachsen (DE-SN)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Sachsen-Anhalt (DE-ST)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Schleswig-Holstein (DE-SH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Thüringen (DE-TH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Great Britain Great Britain (GB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag New Zealand New Zealand (NZ)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland German (CH-DE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland French (CH-FR)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland Italy (CH-IT)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland Rhaeto-Romance (CH-RM)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag United States of America United States of America (US)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---

Year 1389 (2010-11)

HolidaysLanguages (A3 sheet almanac)Languages (A4 diary)
Flag Australia Australia Queensland (AU-QLD)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Tasmania (AU-TAS)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia South Australia (AU-SA)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Western Australia (AU-WA)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Australian Capital Territory (AU-ACT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia New South Wales (AU-NSW)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Northern Territory (AU-NT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Victoria (AU-VIC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Austria Austria (AT)PDFDari-German, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada British Columbia (CA-BC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Manitoba (CA-MB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada New Brunswick (CA-NB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Newfoundland (CA-NF)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Nova Scotia (CA-NS)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CA-NT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Ontario (CA-ON)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Prince Edward Island (CA-PE)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Québec (CA-QC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Saskatchewan (CA-SK)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Yukon Territory (CA-YK)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Germany Germany Baden-Württemberg (DE-BW)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Bavaria (DE-BY)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Berlin (DE-BE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Brandenburg (DE-BB)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Bremen (DE-HB)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Hamburg (DE-HH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Hessen (DE-HE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (DE-MV)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Niedersachsen (DE-NI)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE-NW)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Rheinland-Pfalz (DE-RP)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Saarland (DE-SL)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Sachsen (DE-SN)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Sachsen-Anhalt (DE-ST)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Schleswig-Holstein (DE-SH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Thüringen (DE-TH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Great Britain Great Britain (GB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag New Zealand New Zealand (NZ)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland German (CH-DE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland French (CH-FR)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland Italy (CH-IT)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland Rhaeto-Romance (CH-RM)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag United States of America United States of America (US)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---

Year 1388 (2009-10)

HolidaysLanguages (A3 sheet almanac)Languages (A4 diary)
Flag Australia Australia Queensland (AU-QLD)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Tasmania (AU-TAS)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia South Australia (AU-SA)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Western Australia (AU-WA)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Australian Capital Territory (AU-ACT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia New South Wales (AU-NSW)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Northern Territory (AU-NT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Australia Australia Victoria (AU-VIC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Austria Austria (AT)PDFDari-German, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada British Columbia (CA-BC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Manitoba (CA-MB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada New Brunswick (CA-NB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Newfoundland (CA-NF)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Nova Scotia (CA-NS)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CA-NT)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Ontario (CA-ON)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Prince Edward Island (CA-PE)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Québec (CA-QC)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Saskatchewan (CA-SK)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Canada Canada Yukon Territory (CA-YK)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Germany Germany Baden-Württemberg (DE-BW)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Bavaria (DE-BY)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Berlin (DE-BE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Brandenburg (DE-BB)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Bremen (DE-HB)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Hamburg (DE-HH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Hessen (DE-HE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (DE-MV)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Niedersachsen (DE-NI)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE-NW)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Rheinland-Pfalz (DE-RP)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Saarland (DE-SL)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Sachsen (DE-SN)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Sachsen-Anhalt (DE-ST)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Schleswig-Holstein (DE-SH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Germany Germany Thüringen (DE-TH)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Great Britain Great Britain (GB)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag New Zealand New Zealand (NZ)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland German (CH-DE)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland French (CH-FR)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland Italy (CH-IT)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag Switzerland Switzerland Rhaeto-Romance (CH-RM)PDFDari-German, Pashto-German---
Flag United States of America United States of America (US)PDFDari-English, Pashto-English---

Archive

The calendars from 1350 (1971-2) to the current year can be found in the archive. If older calendars are needed please send an e-mail to afghanCalendar [at] gmx [dot] net.

Online Shop

If you don't have a A3 color printer at home you can order a printed Afghan calendar from the online shop. Printed calendar (11"x17") for 5.99$ + shipping. In the online shop you can also find apparel with the project logo on the front and the calendar on the back.

The income (1$ for each item) from the online shop is used to improve and enhance the Afghan Calendar project. Comments are welcome (afghanCalendar [at] gmx [dot] net).

Why Calendar Necessary?

Date conversion is not that easy as one would think. You can find some important documents were the date conversion has an error of one day. In real life (e.g. project deadline or meetings) one day earlier or later makes a huge difference. Popular examples for date conversion errors are the English and German translation of the Afghan constitution from 2004. If you find further examples of date conversion erors please send me an e-mail afghanCalendar [at] gmx [dot] net.

English translation of constitution:

English translation of the Afghan constitution.

German translation of constitution:

German translation of the Afghan constitution.

User worldmap

If you you want to be added to the calendar world map please send an e-mail to afghanCalendar [at] gmx [dot] net with the country name were you live together with a picture were the calendar hangs.


--- USER WORLDMAP WILL BE UPDATED ---

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Calendar algorithm

Definition

The Afghan calendar is defined in article 18 of the Afghan constitution from 2004:

Article 18:
The source for the calendar shall be based upon the migration of the Prophet (praise and peace be upon him). The basis for state offices shall be the solar calendar (Hejrah-e shamsi). Fridays as well as the 28th of Asad (19th, in leap years 18th August) and the 8th Saur (28th, in leap years 27th April) shall be public holidays. Other holidays shall be regulated by the law.

Calendar types

In Afghanistan one has to distinguish between three calendars:

Hejrah-e shamsi calendar

The Hejrah-e shamsi calendar starts from the year of the emigration (hejrah) of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad from Mecca to Medina in 622A.D.. It has 12 months, consisting of 29 to 31 days. The begin of the Hejrah-e shamsi Year (1. Hammal) corresponds to the 21. March (20. March in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. The year has 365 days and in leap years 366 days. The leap years in the Hejrah-e shamsi calendar can be computed by a arithmetic formula. A year S in the Hejrah-e shamsi calendar is a leap year if and only if the Gregorian year G=S+621 is a leap year. In a Hejrah-e shamsi year S two Gregorian year G1 and G2 partly occur, with G1<G2. The Gregorian year G is chosen as G1. For example in the Hejrah-e shamsi year S=1379 the Gregorian year G1=2000 and G2=2001 partly occur. G is chosen as G:=G1=2000. The year 1379 of the Hejrah-e shamsi calendar was a leap year, since the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar was a leap year.

Month Nr.Dari (Hejrah-e shamsi)Pashtu (Hejrah-e shamsi)English (Gregorien)Days
1HammalWrayMarch-April31
2SaurGhwayaiApril-May31
3JauzaGargholaiMay-June31
4SaratanChungashJune-July31
5AsadZmaraiJuly-August31
6SonbolaWazhayAugust-September31
7MizanTalahSeptember-October30
8AqrabLarumOctober-November30
9QausLindahNovember-December30
10JadiMerghumaiDecember-January30
11DalwSalwagahJanuary-February30
12HutKabFebruary-March29 (30 in leap years)

Hejrah-e qamari calendar

The months in the Hejrah-e qamari calendar are alternatively 30 and 29 days long. In leap years the 12th month has 31 days. The Lunar year is eleven days shorter than the solar calendar. The Hejrah-e qamari calendar months "Ramadan" and "Shawwal" define the Muslim fasting. The starting day of these two months are observed by authorities. A difference of one day can occur between the observed and the pre-computed calendar. All 30 years a leap year occurs to synchronize the calendar with the moon phases.

Month Nr.Arabic (Hejrah-e qamari)Arabic shortcut (Hejrah-e qamari)amount days
1MuharramMuharram30
2SafarSafar29
3Rabi' al-AwalRabi'130
4Rabi' al-ThaaniRabi'229
5Jumada al-AwalJumada130
6Jumada al-ThaaniJumada229
7RajabRajab30
8Sha'banSha'ban29
9RamadanRamadan30
10ShawwalShawwal29
11Zul al-Qi'dahZ.Qi'dah30
12Zul al-HijjahZ.Hijjah29 (31 in leap years)

Conversion from/ to Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian year 1990 (2000) corresponds to the Hejrah-e shamsi year 1369 (1378) and the Hejrah-e qamari year 1410 (1420). To convert a date from the Gregorian to the Hejrah-e shamsi or Hejrah-e qamari calendar one can use the following reference dates:

Afghan holidays

Public holidays:

These holidays are defined in article 18 of the Afghan constitution from 2004. The holidays occur on a fixed dates and are celebrated in all Afghanistan.

Religious holidays:

Besides the holidays above the following holidays are also celebrated partly.

* The islamic holidays depend on the Hejrah-e qamari calendar. The dates are observed by autorities rather than pre-computed. The exact dates may vary according to the sighting of the moon.

Other holidays:

Historical Events

The main aim was to keep the calendar historical correct and uninfluenced of any political, ethnic or social point of view. The relevant historical events in the calendar were verified against at least two of the following references:

If you still find errors or think they formulations are not neutral please send me a mail to afghanCalendar [at] gmx [dot] net. If possible include also a reference.

ToDo

Improvements

I am always ready to accept constructive criticism, or review requests. If you have any questions, comments, criticisms, I would greatly appreciate your contacting me via e-mail at afghanCalendar [at] gmx [dot] net .
I believe in the idea of open projects. The calendar can be printed and used free of charge (see license section). This project is mantained by me in my free time. If you like it you can support it with some small donation via PayPal.

License and Disclaimer

Copyright (C) 2006 Alekozai.
The calendars are free software; you can redistribute them and/ or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This website and the calendars are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. A copy of the GNU General Public License can be downloaded from the GNU website.

FAQ

Comments and corrections are welcome (afghanCalendar [at] gmx [dot] net).

Acknowledgement

This project wouldn't be possible without the great work of several other projects and their contributors. First and foremost, thank to the users of this project for their feedback.

I'm grateful indebted to Savannah for hosting this project. Thanks to the Unicode and the W3C XML group for their work in defining some very important standards. Thanks also to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) for their work in defining the Open Document Format and to Adobe Systems for the specification of the Portable Document Format (PDF). I gratefully acknowledge the Perl, CPAN, Java and the SWIG project for their work in creating a powerful programming environment, the SQLite project for their small, self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine, Subversion and CVS for their version control system, the GIMP and ImageMagick project for their image manipulation and paint programms and last but not least the Arabeyes project (Arabic Unix project).

I am also greatful to the OpenOffice.org project for creating a powerful mulitplatform and multilingual office suite and XPdf and Adobe for their PDF file viewer. I am deeply indepted to the DejaVu and the Khotot project for their open source unicode fonts.

Finally I also thank several other projects and users which I forgot to mention.

Publications citing Afghan Calendar project

Other calendars

Afghan constitution

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