The Baha'i calendar, known as the Bad (which means "wonderful"), is divided into nineteen months, each with nineteen days.
- In normal years, four intercalary days — known as AYYAM-I-HA, or the Days of Ha — come after the eighteenth month, while five are added in leap years.
- The sum of 19 multiplied by 19 = 361, plus four intercalary days equals 365.
- However, the number nineteen was selected for reasons other than its mathematical use.
Mirza Ali Mohammad (commonly known as the BAB), the Baha'i faith's first prophet, created a calendar for the new religion.
He had eighteen disciples, thus the calendar's structure remembers the nineteen original Babis.
- The regular Baha'i worship gathering is the Nineteen-Day Feast, which takes place on the first day of each month.
- The three-part structure of each Feast is the same: prayer, congregational business, and fellowship over a shared meal.
- The Baha'i year starts on March 21, the spring equinox.
- The years of the Baha'i faith are running out.
- The first year was 1844, which was the year of the Bab's Declaration.
Each Baha'i month is named after one of God's attributes:
Bahá (Splendor) March 21
Jalál (Glory) April 9
Jamál (Beauty) April 28
Azamat (Grandeur) May 17
Núr (Light) June 5
Rahmat (Mercy) June 24
Kalimát (Words) July 13Kamál (Perfection) August 1Asmá (Names) August 20‘Izzat (Might) September 8Mashiyyat (Will) September 27‘Ilm (Knowledge) October 16Qudrat (Power) November 4Qawl (Speech) November 23Masá’il (Questions) December 12Sharaf (Honor) December 31Sultán (Sovereignty) January 19Mulk (Dominion) February 7Ayyam-i-Ha (Days of Ha; intercalary days): February 26-March 1 (February 26-March 2in leap years)‘Alá’ (Loftiness) March 2 (month of fasting)
You may also want to learn more about Global Calendar Systems here.
