The Bahá'í calendar, common to the Known in India as the Lotus Temple, the Bahai House of Worship attracts an average of three and a half million visitors a year. ...Bahá'í Faith, is a A solar calendar is a calendar whose dates indicate the season and so are synchronized to the declination of the sun. ...solar calendar with regular years 365 A day is any of several different units of time. ...days long and A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...leap years 366 days long. Years are composed of 19 In Egyptian mythology, Month is an alternate spelling for Menthu. ...months of 19 days each, plus an extra period of "Intercalary Days" (4 in regular and 5 in leap years) between the 18th and 19th months (February 26 to March 1). Years in the Bahá'í calendar begin at the In astronomy, the vernal equinox (spring equinox, March equinox, or northward equinox) is the equinox at the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere: the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading northward. ...vernal equinox (usually March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...March 21 in the The Gregorian calendar is the calendar currently used in the Western world. ...Gregorian calendar). Days begin at sunset on the previous Solar time is based on the idea that, when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, it is noon. ...solar day and end at sunset of the present solar day.

For the time being Shoghi Effendi (1897_1957) The Guardians Resting Place in London Shoghi Effendi Rabbani was the Guardian of the Baháí Faith. ...Shoghi Effendi the first Guardian of the Baha'i Faith declared that the Badi calendar is "locked" to the Gregorian calendar with the new year always starting at sunset on March 20. The implementation of the variable calendar with respect to the beginning of Naw Ruz will require the Universal House of Justice selecting a single spot for the fixing of the date of the equinox. [1]  (http://bahai_library.com/provisionals/aqdas/aqdas043.notes.html)

History

The Bahá'í calendar is also called the Badi` calendar, that was created and described by the Shrine of the Báb at night from above in Haifa Israel Siyyid Mírzá Alí_Muhammad (میرزا علی‌محمد in Persian) ( October 20, 1819 _ July 9, 1850), later to become known as the Báb (باب meaning Gate in Persian and Arabic;) was seen by Bábís (and is seen by modern Bahá...Báb.

Years in the Bahá'í calendar are counted from March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...21 March Events January 15 _ University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. ...1844, the beginning of the Bahá'í A calendar era is the year numbering system used by a calendar. ...Era or Badi` Era (abbreviated BE). Thus, year 1 BE was from March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...21 March Events January 15 _ University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. ...1844 to March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ...20 March 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...1845.

Baháí Months _ national names Baháulláh confirmed the Bábs calendar (the Badí Calendar) that starts on the 21st of March of the Gregorian Calendar. ...Bahá'í Months

Bahá'í Holy Days

The Days of the Week

Wáhid and Kull_i_Shay'

Also existing in the Bahá'í calendar system is a 19_year cycle called Wáhid and a 361_year (19x19) supercycle called Kull_i_Shay' (literally, "All Things"). The 9th Wáhid of the 1st Kull_i_Shay' started in 1996. The 2nd Kull_i_Shay' will begin on 21 March 2205. (Years are counted from 1844.)

Years in a Wáhid:

See also

• A calendar is a system for assigning calendar dates to days. ...Calendar
• Known in India as the Lotus Temple, the Bahai House of Worship attracts an average of three and a half million visitors a year. ...Bahá'í Faith
• Baháí Months _ national names Baháulláh confirmed the Bábs calendar (the Badí Calendar) that starts on the 21st of March of the Gregorian Calendar. ...Translation of each month to local languages.