The Bahá'í Calendar
The Bahá’í Faith has its own calendar, the Badi’ Calendar, which was standardized and adopted globally for Bahá’í observances in 2015. The Badí’ Calendar is a solar calendar consisting of 19 months of 19 days each (361 days), with the addition of either four or five “Intercalary Days” to adjust the calendar to the solar year. The days and months are named after the attributes of God.
The Nineteen Day Feast, the primary community gathering for Bahá’ís in each town and city, is held on the first day of each Bahá’í month.
The adoption of a new calendar in each religious era is a symbol of the power of divine revelation to reshape human perception of material, social, and spiritual reality. Through it, sacred moments are distinguished, humanity’s place in time and space reimagined, and the rhythm of life recast.
The Bahá’í calendar consists of nineteen months with nineteen days in each month. There are 361 days in a Bahá’í calendar year and four to five intercalary days.
Bahá’ís commemorate 11 holy days each year. These occasions are usually observed with community gatherings in large or small settings, with programmes befitting the significance of the day.
Bahá’í Months (182 B.E.)
Bahá (Splendour)
Jalál (Glory)
Jamál (Beauty)
‘Azamat (Grandeur)
Núr (Light)
Raḥmat (Mercy)
Kalimát (Words)
Kamál (Perfection)
Asmá’ (Names)
‘Izzat (Might)
Mashíyyat (Will)
‘Ilm (Knowledge)
Qudrat (Power)
Qawl (Speech)
Masá’il (Questions)
Sharaf (Honour)
Sulṭán (Sovereignty)
Mulk (Dominion)
Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days)
‘Alá’ (Loftiness)”
Corresponding Dates
March 20, 2025
April 8, 2025
April 27, 2025
May 16, 2025
June 4, 2025
June 23, 2025
July 12, 2025
July 31, 2025
August 19, 2025
September 7, 2025
September 26, 2025
October 15, 2025
November 3, 2025
November 22, 2025
December 11, 2025
December 30, 2025
January 18, 2026
February 6, 2026
February 25 - March 1 2026
March 2, 2026
Holy Days
Holy Days and Significant dates 2024 (181 B.E)
20 March 2025- Naw Rúz (1 Bahá, 1812 B.E.)
The Bahá’í New Year.
20 April 2025 - First Day of Ridván (13 Jalál)
Ridván means 'Paradise' in Arabic. It is the most important of the Bahá’í holy days. It is the day on which Bahá’u’lláh declared His mission as a Manifestation of God.
28 April 2025 - Ninth Day of Ridván (2 Jamál)
The day on which Bahá’u’lláh’s family joined Him in the Garden of Ridván.
1 May 2025 - Twelfth Day of Ridván (5 Jamál)
The day on which Bahá’u’lláh and His family left the garden to travel to Constantinople.
23 May 2025 - Declaration of the Báb (8 ‘Aẓamat, about 2 hours after sunset)
Commemorated at about two hours after sunset on 23 May.
The anniversary of the Báb’s announcement of His mission in 1844.
28 May 2025 - Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (13 ‘Aẓamat, 4am)
Marking the passing of Bahá’u’lláh in 1892.
9 July 2025 - Martyrdom of the Báb (17 Raḥmat, about 1pm)
Marking The Báb's execution in 1850.
22 October 2025 - Birth of the Báb (19 Mashiyyat)
23 October 2025- Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (1 Qudrat)
The Bahá’í Holy Days are set according to a solar calendar commencing with the Spring Equinox. However the Holy Days marking the birth days of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh are set according to a lunar calculation.
25 November 2025 - Day of the Covenant (4 Qawl) *
Commemorating Bahá’u’lláh’s appointment of His son, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, as the One to whom His followers should turn after His passing.
27 November 2025 - Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (6 Qawl, 1am)*
Commemorating the passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in 1921.
*Bahá’ís suspend work on all but the last two of these holy days.
2025 (182 B.E.)
25-28 February - Ayyám-i-Há
Also known as the Intercalary Days, Ayyám-i-Há is a period of celebration devoted to charity, gift-giving and festivities prior to the annual period of fasting.
01-19 March - The Month of Fasting
The fasting month begins after Ayyám-i-Há, at sunset on 28 February 2025, and ends at Naw-Rúz 182 B.E. (sunset on 19 March 2024)
During this month, Bahá’ís from the age of 15 abstain from food and drink between sunrise and sunset.