How many days until Nowruz 2027?

June 21, 2026 ۲۱ June ۲۰۲۶

People ask this one constantly, and the honest answer is “it depends on what day you’re reading this.” A countdown only means something against a clock. So here is a live one — it reads your device clock and ticks every second toward 1 Farvardin 1406.

The exact date: Sunday, 21 March 2027

Nowruz is always 1 Farvardin, the first day of the Persian (Jalali / Solar Hijri) calendar. For the year 1406, that day lands on 21 March 2027 on the Gregorian calendar, and it’s a Sunday. If you’re counting from the middle of 2026, you’re looking at roughly 270-some days — the timer above has the precise figure down to the second.

Why not just memorize “Nowruz = 21 March” and be done? Because it isn’t fixed. Some years it’s the 20th. The new year is pinned to an astronomical event, not a calendar square, so it drifts.

Why the date moves between the 20th and 21st

The Persian calendar ties 1 Farvardin to the spring equinox — the instant the Sun crosses the celestial equator, measured at Iran’s reference meridian. A full cycle of the seasons runs about 365.2422 days, not a clean 365. So the equinox creeps roughly six hours later each year, then snaps back about a day whenever a leap day gets added.

That’s the whole story behind the wobble. Here’s how it plays out across nearby years:

Notice 2027 sits in a run of 21st-of-March years, then it falls back to the 20th in 2028. That’s the equinox drift doing its thing. If you want the mechanics in full, I wrote them up in why Nowruz isn’t always on the same Gregorian day.

Counting down yourself

You don’t need a widget to work out the gap, but it’s faster than reaching for a calendar. Two ways to do it on this site:

• Drop today and 21 March 2027 into the date difference calculator — it’ll give you days, weeks, even working days.
• Or convert any Persian date to its Gregorian twin with the Jalali ⇄ Gregorian converter if you’re starting from a Shamsi date.

Both run entirely on your device, so there’s nothing to wait on.

FAQ

What day is Nowruz 2027? Sunday, 21 March 2027 (1 Farvardin 1406).

Is Nowruz always on 21 March? No. It’s the spring equinox, so it shifts between 20 and 21 March depending on the year. 1404 through 1406 all land on the 21st; 1407 drops back to the 20th.

How many days until Nowruz from today? Check the live timer above — it updates every second against your clock, so the number is always current.

What calendar year does Nowruz 2027 start? The Persian year 1406. Year 1405 runs until 20 March 2027, then 1406 begins the next day.