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Bah' CalendarThe Bah' calendar, common to the Bah' Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years 365 days long and leap years 366 days long. Years are composed of 19 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 Bah' calendar begin at the vernal equinox (usually March 21 in the Gregorian calendar). Days begin at sunset on the previous solar day and end at sunset of the present solar day. History The Bah' calendar is also called the Badi` calendar, that was created and described by the Bb. Years in the Bah' calendar are counted from 21 March, 1844, the beginning of the Bah' Era or Badi` Era (abbreviated BE). Thus, year 1 BE was from 21 March 1844 to 20 March 1845. | Arabic Name !! English Translation !! Gregorian Dates | | Bah | Splendour | March 21-April 8 | | Jall | Glory | April 9-27 | | Jaml | Beauty | April 28-May 16 | | `Azamat | Grandeur | May 17-June 4 | | Nr | Light | June 5-23 | | Rahmat | Mercy | June 24-July 12 | | Kalimt | Words | July 13-31 | | Kaml | Perfection | August 1-19 | | Asm' | Names | August 20-September 7 | | `Izzat | Might | September 8-26 | | Mashiyyat | Will | September 27-October 15 | | `Ilm | Knowledge | October 16-November 3 | | Qudrat | Power | November 4-22 | | Qawl | Speech | November 23-December 11 | | Mas'il | Questions | December 12-30 | | Sharaf | Honour | December 31-January 18 | | Sultn | Sovereignty | January 19-February 6 | | Mulk | Dominion | February 7-25 | | Ayym-i-H' | Intercalary Days | February 26-March 1 | | `Al | Loftiness | March 2-20 (month of fasting) | Bah' Holy Days | Name !! Gregorian Dates !! Work Suspended | | Naw-Rz (Bah' New Year) | March 21 | Yes | | First day of Ridvn | April 21 | Yes | | Ninth day of Ridvn | April 29 | Yes | | Twelfth day of Ridvn | May 2 | Yes | | Declaration of the Bb | May 23 | Yes | | Ascension of Bah'u'llh | May 29 | Yes | | Martyrdom of the Bb | July 9 | Yes | | Birth of the Bb | October 20 | Yes | | Birth of Bah'u'llh | November 12 | Yes | | Day of the Covenant | November 26 | No | | Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bah | November 28 | No | Whid and Kull-i-Shay' Also existing in the Bah' calendar system is a 19-year cycle called Whid and a 361-year (19x19) supercycle called Kull-i-Shay' (literally, All Things.) The 9th Whid 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 Whid: | No. !! Arabic Name !! English Translation | | 1 | Alif | A | | 2 | B' | B | | 3 | Ab | Father | | 4 | Dl | D | | 5 | Bb | Gate | | 6 | Ww | W | | 7 | Abad | Eternity | | 8 | Jd | Generosity | | 9 | Bah' | Splendour | | 10 | Hubb | Love | | 11 | Bahhj | Delightful | | 12 | Jawb | Answer | | 13 | Ahad | Single | | 14 | Wahhb | Bountiful | | 15 | Widd | Affection | | 16 | Bad | Beginning | | 17 | Bah | Luminous | | 18 | Abh | Most Luminous | | 19 | Whid | Unity | See also
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