Beginning Of The Persian New Year ‘Nauroz’Is Being Celebrated

Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 6:02 pm

KARACHI PAKISTAN News : The beginning of the Persian New Year ‘Nauroz’is being celebrated across the globe including Pakistan today (Saturday) as the new year will start at 10:30pm local time.

Astrology experts said that prayers offered at the starting time is listened by the God.

It is expected that over 300 million people around the globe will be celebrating Nauroz (Persian for New Day) on March 21 this year, as their ancestors have been doing for around three millenniums.

This time, however, the new Iranian year begins as the world community acknowledges the occasions and what it stands for, more than ever before.

In February, the UN General Assembly recognized occasion as a global day of celebration, and the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a message marking the first International Day of Nauroz.

Nauroz, which coincides with March 21 on the Gregorian calendar, is the first day of the year on the Iranian solar calendar.

It may be mentioned here that the astrology experts predicts about people’s lives with the help of ‘Zaicha’ on the occasion.