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• Jalál 1 Bahá 172 B.E.
• Yawm as-Sabt 30 Jumādá al-ūlá
A.H. 1436
• Saturday 21 March A.D. 2015
• Yom Shabbat 1 Nissan A.M. 5775 |
The implementation of the Badí' Calendar on the first day of the tenth Váhid of the first Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era.
"Báb introduced the calendar and its broad pattern of periods and
cycles, months and days. Bahá'u'lláh provided essential clarifications
and additions. Aspects were elucidated by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and arrangements
for its adoption in the West were put in place at the direction of
Shoghi Effendi, as described in the volumes of The Bahá'í World. Still,
ambiguities surrounding some Islamic and Gregorian dates, as well as
difficulties in the correlation of historical observances and
astronomical events with explicit statements in the Text, left certain
issues unresolved. When responding to questions concerning the calendar,
both ‘Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi left these matters to the
Universal House of Justice. Of its many features, three require
clarification for the calendar's uniform application: the means for the
determination of Naw-Rúz, the accommodation of the lunar character of
the Twin Holy Birthdays within the solar year, and the fixing of the
dates of the Holy Days within the Badí‘ calendar." [Message from the
Universal House of Justice dated 10 July, 2014] (notes below extracted from the message)
The Festival of Naw-Rúz: The birthplace of the Abhá Beauty, will
be the spot on the earth that will serve as the standard for
determining, by means of astronomical computations from reliable
sources, the moment of the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere and
thereby the day of Naw-Rúz for the Bahá'í world.
The Festivals of the Twin Birthdays: They will now be observed on
the first and the second day following the occurrence of the eighth new
moon after Naw-Rúz. This will result in the observance of the Twin
Birthdays moving, year to year, within the months of Mas̲h̲íyyat, ‘Ilm,
and Qudrat of the Badí‘ calendar, or from mid-October to mid-November
according to the Gregorian calendar.
The dates of the Holy Days are: Naw-Rúz, 1 Bahá; the Festival of
Riḍván, 13 Jalál to 5 Jamál; the Declaration of the Báb, 8 ‘Aẓamat; the
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, 13 ‘Aẓamat; the Martyrdom of the Báb, 17
Raḥmat; the Day of the Covenant, 4 Qawl; and the Ascension of
‘Abdu'l-Bahá, 6 Qawl. These dates have been fixed within the solar
calendar in accordance with explicit statements of Bahá'u'lláh,
‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi.
[Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 10 July, 2014]
- See Introduction to Badí‘ Calendar.
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• Istijlál 17 Jamál 172 B.E.
• Yawm al-Khamīs 25 Yawm al-Khamīs
A.H. 1436
• Thursday 14 May A.D. 2015
• Yom Chamishi 25 Iyar A.M. 5775 |
A global campaign called "Seven
Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Bahá'í Leaders" to call attention to the long and unjust imprisonment of seven
Iranian Bahá'í leaders is launched on the seventh anniversary of their
arrest. Each day of the week-long campaign, starting 14 May 2015, was
dedicated to one member of the seven: Mahvash Sabet, Fariba Kamalabadi,
Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli, and
Vahid Tizfahm. [7 Days] |
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• Istiqlál 5 Kalimát 172 B.E.
• Yawm al-Jum'ah 30 Ramaḍān A.H. 1436
• Friday 17 July A.D. 2015
• Yom Shishi 1 Av A.M. 5775 |
Some 300 people attend the unveiling of the design of the first local Baha'i House of Worship in Battambang, Cambodia
[BWNS 1062]
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• Asmá' / Mas̲h̲íyyat 172 B.E.
• Dhū al-Qa'dah / Dhū al-Ḥijjah A.H. 1436
• September A.D. 2015
• Elul A.M. 5775 / Tishri A.M. 5776 |
As of this date the Baha'i
community in the United States had about 175,000 Bahá'ís (less than one
percent of the nation's population), residing in more than 9,000
localities. The makeup of the faith's adherents was very diverse. The
largest communities were in California, Georgia, Illinois, South
Carolina, and Texas. There are Bahá'í communities in every state. (From
‘Information about the Bahá'í Faith for Funeral Directors', a document
available at US National website)[Bahá'í Historical Facts MARCH 4, 2018] |
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• Istiqlál 15 `Ilm 172 B.E.
• Yawm al-Jum'ah 16 Muḥarram A.H. 1437
• Friday 30 October A.D. 2015
• Yom Shishi 17 Cheshvan A.M. 5776 |
The cemetery of the 20,000 strong
Bahá'í community of Rajasthan, located in Jaipur, was violently
attacked and vandalised by a vigilante group of 50 to 60 persons
allegedly led by the local right wing political party. They damaged a
building that was under construction and threatened the caretaker
physical harm. [The Wire 01/11/2015] |
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• Jamál 12 Qudrat 172 B.E.
• Yawm al-Aḥad 2 Ṣafar A.H. 1437
• Sunday 15 November A.D. 2015
• Yom Rishon 3 Kislev A.M. 5776 |
The groundbreaking ceremony of the
first local Baha'i House of Worship in Battambang, Cambodia was attended
by some 200 community members.
The event coincided with the commemoration of the Twin Holy
Birthdays—the Birth of the Bab and the Birth of Baha'u'llah. [BWNS1082]
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• Kamál 10 Masá'il 172 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 9 Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1437
• Monday 21 December A.D. 2015
• Yom Sheni 9 Tevet A.M. 5776 |
Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid
Masoumi-Tehrani, a senior Muslim cleric in Iran, has courageously called
on his nation's people to uphold a higher standard of justice and
dignity for all of their countrymen and women. In an article on his
website, he dedicated a new piece of calligraphy—a passage from the
writings of Bahá'u'lláh—to the Bahá'ís who were arrested on baseless
charges in November 2015. [BWNS1089, BWNS987] |
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• A.H. 1436 / 1437
• A.D. 2016
• A.M. 5776 / 5777 |
The conflict continues to rage
throughout the year. UN-sponsored peace talks begin in Kuwait in April
but breakdown in early August. On 8 October, a Saudi Arabia-led
coalition killed more than 100 people attending a funeral gathering in
Sana'a and injured more than 500 others – one of the largest death tolls
in any single incident since the start of the coalition's bombing
campaign. |
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• Fidál 8 `Alá' 172 B.E.
• Yawm ath-Thulāthā' 28 Jumādá al-ūlá
A.H. 1437
• Tuesday 8 March A.D. 2016
• Yom Shlishi 28 Adar Beit A.M. 5776 |
The earthworks for the Local Baha'i House of Worship in Battambang, Cambodia is completed. [BWNS1100]
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