2o24-2025 ~ Bahá’í Feasts and Holy Days
The Bahá’í calendar consists of 19 months of 19 days. A community gathering, known as a Feast, is held on the first day of each Bahá’í month. A Feast has three parts: a devotional period, an opportunity to consult together on community affairs, and a time for socializing.
- October 14/15 – Feast of Knowledge
- November 02/03 – Feast of Power
- November 21/22 – Feast of Speech
- December 10/11 – Feast of Questions
- December 29/30 – Feast of Honour
- January 17/18 – Feast of Sovereignty
- February 05/06 – Feast of Dominion
- February 28/March 01 – Feast of Loftiness
- March 19/20 – Feast of Splendour
- April 07/08 – Feast of Glory
- April 26/27 – Feast of Beauty
- May 15/16 – Feast of Grandeur
- June 03/04 – Feast of Light
- June 22/23 – Feast of Mercy
- July 11/12 – Feast of Words
- July 30/31 – Feast of Perfection
- August 11/19 – Feast of Names
- September 06/07 – Feast of Might
- September 25/25 – Feast of Will
2024-2025 ~ Holy Days:
- November 02 – Birth of the Báb
- November 03 – Birth of Bahá’u’lláh
- November 25 – Day of the Covenant
- November 27 – Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (1:00 a.m.)
- March 20 – Naw-Rúz (New Year)
- April 20 – First Day of Ridván (4:00 p.m.)
- April 28 – Ninth Day of Ridván
- May 01 – Twelfth Day of Ridván
- May 23 – Declaration of the Báb (two hours after sunset)
- May 28 – Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (4:00 a.m.)
- July 09 – Martyrdom of the Báb (1:00 p.m.)
- October 22 – Birth of the Báb
- October 23 – Birth of Bahá’u’lláh
- November 25 -Day of the Covenant
- 27 November – Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (1:00 a.m.)
2025 ~ Other events:
- February 25 to 28 – Intercalary Days (Ayyám-i-Há)
- March 01-19 – The Fast
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