Norooz

Nowruz نوروز
Table set with Haft-Seen items at a 2008 White House ceremony for Nowruz
Also called	Albanian: Novruzit Azerbaijani: Novruz Dari: نوروز‎ Nauruz Georgian: ნავრუზი Navruzi Gujarati: નવરોઝ Navarōjha Kazakh: Наурыз Nawrız Kurdish: Newroz‎ Kyrgyz: Нооруз Nooruz Ossetian: Новруз Novruz Pashto: نوروز‎ Nawróz Tajik: Наврӯз Navrūz Tati: Nuruz Turkish: Nevruz Uzbek: Navruz
Observed by	Iran  Afghanistan  Albania  Azerbaijan  China (by Tajiks and Turkic peoples)  Georgia  India (by Parsis)  Iraq (by Kurds and Turkmens)  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Pakistan  Russia  Syria (by Kurds)  Tajikistan  Turkey (by Azerbaijanis, Kurds and Yörüks)  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan Ethnic groups Albanians Azerbaijanis Balochs Crimean Tatars Kazakhs Kurds Kyrgyzs Lezgins Lurs Mazandaranis Parsis Pashtuns Persians Tabasarans Tajiks Talyshs Tats Turkmens Uyghurs Uzbeks
Type	New Year, national, ethnic, international
Significance	New Year holiday
Celebrations	Haft-Seen, Charshanbe Suri, Sizdebedar, etc.
Date	March 20, 21, or 22
2016 date	Sunday 20 March 2016 at 04:30 UTC *
2017 date	Monday 20 March 2017 at 10:29 UTC *
2018 date	Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 16:15 UTC *
2019 date	Wednesday 20 March 2019 at 21:58 UTC *
Frequency	annual

 Iran
 Afghanistan
 Albania
 Azerbaijan
 China (by Tajiks and Turkic peoples)
 Georgia
 India (by Parsis)
 Iraq (by Kurds and Turkmens)
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Pakistan
 Russia
 Syria (by Kurds)
 Tajikistan
 Turkey
(by Azerbaijanis, Kurds and Yörüks)
 Turkmenistan
 Uzbekistan