Esfand (Persian: ‎, Persian pronunciation: [es'fænd]^[1]) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan.^[1] Esfand has twenty-nine days^[1] normally, and thirty during leap years^[]. It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar^[]. The Afghan Persian name is H?t; in Pashto it is Kab.

Esfand is the third and last month of the winter season (Zemestan), and is followed by Farvardin.^[1]

Events

• 20 - 1389 - Japanese earthquake - Fukushima disaster

Observances

15 Esfand: Arbor Day in Iran This date, which typically starts on March 5, starts Natural Recyclable Resources Week, ending on March 12.

Deaths

• 16 - 1391 - Hugo Chávez, was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013^[]
• 17 - 1308 - William Howard Taft, Chief Justice and 27th President of the United States
• 18 - 1390 - Simin Daneshvar, Iranian was an Iranian[4] academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator^[].

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