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The Baháʼí calendar used in the Baháʼí Faith is a solar calendar consisting of nineteen months and four or five intercalary days, with new year at the moment of Northern spring equinox. Each month is named after a virtue ( e.g. , Perfection, Mercy), as are the days of the week.
Baháʼu'lláh, who claimed to be the one foretold by the Báb, confirmed and adopted the Badíʻ calendar in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, his book of laws. [5] He placed the intercalary days before the fasting month of ʻAlá, the nineteenth and last month, [6] and gave the intercalary days the name "Ayyám-i-Há" or "Days of Ha".
It fell on March 20 from 2018 to 2021 and will fall on March 21 in 2022–2023. All Baha'i observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted. The Birth of the Báb and Birth of Baháʼu'lláh fall on November 5–6 in 2021. [1]
The nineteen days of fasting occur immediately after Ayyam-i-Ha, the four or five intercalary days of the Baháʼí calendar dedicated to prepare for the upcoming month of restraint. The fast concludes at the festival of Naw Ruz , on the vernal equinox (20–21 March, depending on the year).
Holy Days Name [2] Date on the Bahá'í calendar Number of Days after Naw-Rúz Usual date on the Gregorian Calendar Naw-Rúz 20 March/Naw-Rúz 21 March Special time of celebration or commemoration [2] Work Suspended [2] Naw-Rúz (Baháʼí New Year) Bahá 1: March 20/21-Yes First day of Riḍván: Jalál 13: 31: April 20/21: 3 p.m. (Standard ...
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