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

bahaicanada | 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.

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