Tir (month)

{{Infobox month

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| native_name = {{Native name list|tag1=fa|name1=تیر|tag2=prs|name2=سرطان|tag3=ku|name3=Pûşper|tag4=tg|name4=Тир / Саратон}}

| calendar = Solar Hijri calendar

| num = 4

| days = 31

| season = Summer

| gregorian = June-July

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| prev_month = Khordad

| next_month = Mordad

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Tir ({{langx|fa|تیر}}, {{IPA|fa|tiːɾ}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.jahanshiri.ir/fa/en/vocab-months-seasons.php|title = Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary|date = 2014|accessdate = September 8, 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}) is the fourth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, which is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Tir has thirty-one days, spanning parts of June and July in the Gregorian calendar{{Citation needed|date=September 2014}}. In Afghan Persian it is called Saraṭān (Cancer).

Tir is the first month of summer, and is followed by Amardad. Named after, Tishtrya, a Zoroastrian benevolent divinity associated with life-bringing rainfall and fertility.