Feast of Splendour

This is the first day of the first month in the Bahá'í year, called Bahá (meaning 'splendour' or 'glory').  Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February.  On the first day [...]

Festival of Naw-Ruz (New Year)

Naw Rúz is the ancient Persian festival marking the beginning of spring (the spring equinox) and the start of a new year.  For Bahá'ís it is also the day that marks the end of the month of fasting. Naw-Rúz is [...]

Feast of Glory

This is the first day of the second month in the Bahá'í year, called Jalal (meaning 'glory').  Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February.  On the first day of every [...]

Festival of Ridvan

The Festival of Ridván (meaning Paradise), April 20–May 1, marks the anniversary of the start of the Bahá’í Faith in 1863. In a garden outside of Baghdad in present-day Iraq, Bahá’u’lláh, the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, announced that he [...]

Feast of Beauty

This is the first day of the third month in the Bahá'í year, called Bahá (meaning 'splendour' or 'glory').  Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February.  On the first day [...]

Ninth day of Ridvan

This is the ninth day of the Festival of Ridván (meaning Paradise), April 20–May 1, and is one of the nine Holy Days on which Bahá'ís do not attend work or school.

Twelfth day of Ridvan

This is the twelfth and final day of the Festival of Ridván (meaning Paradise), April 20–May 1, and is one of the nine Holy Days on which Bahá'ís do not attend work or school.

Feast of Grandeur

This is the first day of the fourth month in the Bahá'í year, called 'Azamat (meaning 'grandeur').  Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February.  On the first day of [...]

Declaration of the Báb

This Holy Day marks the event that saw the start of the Bábí and subsequently the Bahá'í era. On this day in 1844, at the age of twenty-five, the Báb made an extraordinary announcement: Firstly, he said clearly that he had [...]

Ascension of Baha’u’llah

This is the date on which Bahá'ís mark the passing of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.  He passed away in May 1892 in the Holy Land, where he had been living in exile since 1868. For more information [...]

Feast of Light

This is the first day of the fifth month in the Bahá'í year, called Núr (meaning 'light').  Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February.  On the first day of [...]

Feast of Mercy

This is the first day of the sixth month in the Bahá'í year, called Rahmat (meaning 'mercy').  Each year has nineteen months of nineteen days each, with the Intercalary Days falling at the end of February.  On the first day of [...]