Significant Bahá’í Dates — 176 B.E. (2019-2020)

Posted: 2019/02/27
 Feast Days Bahá’í date Gregorian calendar equivalent
Bahá (Splendour) 1 Bahá 21 March 2019
Jalál (Glory) 1 Jalál 9 April
Jamál (Beauty) 1 Jamál 28 April
Azamat (Grandeur) 1 ‘Azamat 17 May
Núr (Light) 1 Núr 5 June
Rahmat (Mercy) 1 Rahmat 24 June
Kalimát (Words) 1 Kalimát 13 July
Kamal (Perfection) 1 Kamal 1 August
Asmá’ (Names) 1 Asmá’ 20 August
Izzat (Might) 1 ‘Izzat 8 September
Mashiyyat (Will) 1 Mashiyyat 27 September
Ilm (Knowledge) 1 ‘Ilm 16 October
Qudrat (Power) 1 Qudrat 4 November
Qawl (Speech) 1 Qawl 23 November
Masá’il (Questions) 1 Masá’il 12 December
Sharaf (Honour) 1 Sharaf 31 December
Sultán (Sovereignty) 1 Sultán 19 January 2020
Mulk (Dominion) 1 Mulk 7 February
Alá’ (Loftiness) 1 ‘Alá’ 1 March

 

Holy Days Bahá’í date Gregorian calendar equivalent
Naw-Rúz 1 Bahá 21 March 2019
First Day of Ridván 13 Jalál 21 April [at about 3:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. DST)]
Ninth Day of Ridván 2 Jamál 29 April
Twelfth Day of Ridván 5 Jamál 2 May
Declaration of the Báb 8 ‘Azamat 24 May [23 May at about 2 hours after sunset]
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh 13 ‘Azamat 29 May [at 3:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. DST)]
Martyrdom of the Báb 17 Rahmat 10 July [at about noon (1:00 p.m. DST)]
Birth of the Báb 14 ‘Ilm 29 October
Birth of Bahá’u’lláh 15 ‘Ilm 30 October
Day of the Covenant 4 Qawl 26 November
Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 6 Qawl 28 November [at 1:00 a.m.]

 

Other Observances Bahá’í date        Gregorian calendar equivalent
Ayyám-i-Há 1 to 4 Ayyám-i-Há 26 to 29 February 2020
Month of Fasting 1 to 19 ‘Alá’ 1 to 19 March 2020

 

Note: The Bahá’í day ends and a new one begins at sunset; consequently, the day on which a Feast or Holy Day is observed begins at sunset of the day before the Gregorian calendar dates given above.