What is the Persian New Year celebration called among many Parsis in India?

Among many Parsis in India, the Persian New Year celebration is called Jamshedi Navroz.

Parsis are followers of Zoroastrianism whose ancestors migrated from Persia to the Indian subcontinent after the Arab conquest of Iran. Their community preserved Persian cultural traditions while developing a distinctive Indian Parsi identity.

The name Jamshedi Navroz links Navroz with Jamshid, the legendary Iranian king known as Yima in older Zoroastrian tradition. In Parsi communities, the observance includes prayers, visits to fire temples, family gatherings, festive clothing, and special foods.

Parsi New Year dates can differ from the date used for the astronomical Iranian Nowruz because some Zoroastrian communities follow calendrical systems that do not continuously realign with the equinox. “Jamshedi Navroz” therefore identifies the Parsi observance, not necessarily one universal date.