Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, and special dinners to fathers and family-oriented activities. In 2008, it is celebrated on June 15 in most countries.
In Iran it is celebrated on the Birthday of First shiite Imam (Imam Ali (as)) on 13 of Rajab islamic calendar.
Dates
The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.
Occurrence Dates Country
According to Islamic calendar
13 Rajab. Imam Ali(as) Birthday.
13 Rajab Iran
March 19
Bolivia, Honduras
Italy,
Liechtenstein
Andorra, Portugal
Spain.
May 5 Romania
May 8 South Korea
Ascension Day May 1, 2008
May 21, 2009
Germany
First Sunday of June June 1, 2008
June 7, 2009
Lithuania
Constitution Day June 5 Denmark
Second Sunday of June June 8, 2008
June 14, 2009
Austria, Belgium
Third Sunday of June June 15, 2008
June 21, 2009
Argentina, Antigua, Bahamas
Bangladesh, lgaria
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia
Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus
Czech Republic, Ecuador
France, Ghana, Greece
Guyana, Hong Kong
Hungary, India, Ireland
Jamaica, Japan
Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius
Mexico, Netherlands
Pakistan, Panama, Paragua, Singapore
Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Ukraine, United States, Venezuela
Zimbabwe, Barbados
June 17 El Salvador,Guatemala
June 21 Lebanon
June 23
Nicaragua, Poland, Uganda
Last Sunday of June June 29, 2008
June 28, 2009
Haiti
Second Sunday of July July 13, 2008
July 12, 2009
Uruguay
Last Sunday of July July 27, 2008
July 26, 2009
Dominican Republic
Second Sunday of August August 10, 2008
August 9, 2009
Brazil
August 8 Taiwan
First Sunday of September September 7, 2008
September 6, 2009
Australia
New Zealand
New Moon of September September 29, 2008
September 18, 2009
Nepal
First Sunday of October October 5, 2008
October 4, 2009
Luxembourg
Second Sunday of November November 9, 2008
November 8, 2009
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden
December 5 Thailand
source : tebyan
