Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian year. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox (the start of spring in the northern hemisphere), which usually occurs either on March 20 on March 21.

Equinox                Sunday, March 20, 2011, 23:20:45 UTC
Tehran                 Monday, March 21, 2011, 02:50:45 AM

San Francisco       Sunday, March 20, 2011, 04:20:45 PM*
London                 Sunday, March 20, 2011, 11:20:45 PM
Hong Kong            Monday, March 21, 2011, 07:20:45 AM

Sun= Sunday, March 20, 2011
Mon= Monday, March 21, 2011
*= Daylight Saving Time (DST)

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Afghanistan – Kabul	Mon 3:50:45 AM			Mexico – Federal District – Mexico City	Sun 5:20:45 PM
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Sun 8:20:45 PM			Morocco – Casablanca	Sun 11:20:45 PM
Australia – New South Wales – Sydney *	Mon 10:20:45 AM			Netherlands – Amsterdam	Mon 12:20 AM
Australia – Queensland – Brisbane	Mon 9:20:45 AM
Australia – South Australia – Adelaide	Mon 9:50:45 AM			Norway – Oslo	Mon 12:20:45 AM
Australia – Western Australia – Perth	Mon 7:2:450 AM			Pakistan – Lahore	Mon 4:20:45 AM
Austria – Vienna	Mon 12:20:45 AM			Philippines – Manila	Mon 7:20:45 AM
Belgium – Brussels	Mon 12:20:45 AM			Poland – Warsaw	Mon 12:20:45 AM
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro	Sun 8:20:45 PM			Puerto Rico – San Juan	Sun 7:20:45 PM
Canada – British Columbia – Vancouver *	Sun 4:20:45 PM			Romania – Bucharest	Mon 1:20:45 AM
Canada – Ontario – Toronto *	Sun 7:20:45 PM
				Russia – Moscow	Mon 2:20:45 AM
China – Beijing	Mon 7:20:45 AM
China – Shanghai	Mon 7:20:45 AM			Singapore – Singapore	Mon 7:20:45 AM
Denmark – Copenhagen	Mon 12:20:45 AM			South Africa – Johannesburg	Mon 1:20:45 AM
Egypt – Cairo	Mon 1:20:45 AM			South Korea – Seoul	Mon 8:20:45 AM
El Salvador – San Salvador	Sun 5:20:45 PM			Spain – Barcelona – Barcelona	Mon 12:20:45 AM
Finland – Helsinki	Mon 1:20:45 AM			Sweden – Stockholm	Mon 12:20:45 AM
France – Paris	Mon 12:20:45 AM			Switzerland – Geneva	Mon 12:20:45 AM
Germany – Berlin – Berlin	Mon 12:20:45 AM			Taiwan – Taipei	Mon 7:20:45 AM
Greece – Athens	Mon 1:20:45 AM			Thailand – Bangkok	Mon 6:2:450 AM
Hong Kong – Hong Kong	Mon 7:20:45 AM			Turkey – Istanbul	Mon 1:20:45 AM
Hungary – Budapest	Mon 12:20:45 AM			U.K. – England – London	Sun 11:20:45 PM
India – Delhi – New Delhi	Mon 4:50:45 AM			U.S.A. – California – San Francisco *	Sun 4:20:45 PM
				U.S.A. – Colorado – Denver *	Sun 5:20:45 PM
Indonesia – Java – Jakarta	Mon 6:20:45 AM			U.S.A. – Hawaii – Honolulu	Sun 1:20:45 PM
				U.S.A. – Louisiana – New Orleans *	Sun 6:20:45 PM
Iran – Tehran	Mon 2:50:45 AM			U.S.A. – New York – New York *	Sun 7:20:45 PM
				U.S.A. – Texas – Houston *	Sun 6:20:45 PM
Ireland – Dublin	Sun 11:20:45 PM			U.S.A. – Washington – Seattle *	Sun 4:20:45 PM
Israel – Jerusalem	Mon 1:20:45 AM			Ukraine – Kyiv	Mon 1:20:45 AM
Italy – Rome	Mon 12:20:45 AM			United Arab Emirates – Dubai – Dubai	Mon 3:20:45 AM
Japan – Tokyo	Mon 8:20:45 AM			Uzbekistan – Tashkent	Mon 4:20:45 AM
Kazakhstan – Almaty	Mon 5:20:45 AM			Venezuela – Caracas	Sun 6:50:45 PM
Lebanon – Beirut	Mon 1:20:45 AM			Yemen – Aden	Mon 2:20:45 AM

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