Jamshed Navroz

Navroj which literally means "New Day". Nav means 'New' and Roz means 'Day'. So Navroj is actually the New Day of the Zoroastrian year. This is also known as Jamshed Navroj Day and is the first day of the new year according to Zoroastrian year. It is said, that King Jamshed introduced solar reckoning into the Persian calendar, and also determined the date when the Sun enters the constellation of Aries, as the beginning of the year. This day came to be known as Navroz or Jamshed Navroz day. On this occasion, it was customary for the king to be weighed in gold and silver, and the money was then distributed to the poor. There is another school of thought within the older school of the Parsis. According to them New Year falls on Pateti which falls somewhere in September.