Today's date in the Persian calendar, or the fifth day of the eighth month in the year 1386. This is based on calculations by Islamic scholars. The year starts on the midnight closest to the vernal equinox and is 365 days with 8 leap years every 33 years. This is more accurate than the more prevalent Gregorian calendar we all use. The origin of the year numbering is the year that Mohammad made the Hegira, or journey, from Mecca to Medina. The religion of Islam did not grow until he arrived in Medina and within 100 years after that Islam dominated most of north Africa and the Middle East into southwest Asia.
Today's Dari words are days of the week. The week starts on Friday, their day of worship and is Jumaa. The rest of the week includes the name Shanbah. Saturday is Shanbah, Sunday is Yakshanbah (literally one-shanbah), dushanbah (du=2), sayshanbah (say=3), chardshanbah and panjshanbah. Thursday or panjshanbah is the start of their "weekend" and time off, so TGIP!
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