Bahai Holy Days
Holy Days in Bahai Year 182
Todays Bahai Date is:
Rahmat
12
182
( the
6
month in the Bahai year)
The Gregorian Date is:
2025-Jul-04 4:18 AM AKDT
Naw-Rúz begins: March 19, 2025 7:00 PM, Baha 1
The Baha’i New Year’s Day coincides with the spring equinox. Naw-Rúz is an ancient Persian festival celebrating the “new day” and for Baha’is it marks the end of the annual 19-Day Fast.
This is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
First Day of Ridván is observed April 20, 2025 4:00 PM, Jalal 13
This festival celebrates the 12 days in 1863 when Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Bahá’í faith, announced his mission as God’s messenger. During this time, he stayed in a garden in Baghdad that he called “the Garden of Ridván.” (“Ridván” means “paradise” in Arabic.) Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed it the holiest Bahá’i festival, with the first, ninth and twelfth days as holy days.The First Day of Ridván is the most important Bahá’í holy day. It begins at sunset on 13 Jalál (April 20 or 21), one month after the Gregorian calendar equinox. Bahá’í assemblies hold local, national and international elections on this day.
This is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
Ninth Day of Ridván begins: April 27, 2025 7:00 PM, Jamal 2
The authorities feared the spread of Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings. They banished him to Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) and jailed, tortured and killed his followers. Amid the terror, Bahá’u’lláh and some followers moved to the Ridván Garden on the Tigris River in Baghdad. On April 29, the flooding Tigris receded enough to allow his family to cross and join him. The ninth day of Ridván is symbolized by this reunion and strength of the family bond.
This is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
Twelfth Day of Ridván begins: April 30, 2025 7:00 PM, Jamal 5
On May 2, Bahá’u’lláh, 11 family members and 26 disciples left for Constantinople with great sadness. Escorted by the Turkish government cavalry, they were eagerly received wherever they stopped. The journey would turn into a lifelong exile for Bahá’u’lláh, including imprisonment and torture. Yet Baha’is celebrate this day with joy as the start of their faith. It is a symbol of renewal, peace, and Bahá’u’lláh’s vision of unity and progress for all people.
This is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
Declaration of the Báb is observed May 22, 2025 9:00 PM, Azamat 8
This Holy Day commemorates May 23, 1844, when the Báb, the herald of the Baha’i Faith, announced in Shiraz, Persia (now Iran), that He was the Herald of a new Messenger of God.
This is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh is observed May 28, 2025 4:00 AM, Azamat 13
Baha’is observe the anniversary of the death in exile of Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Baha’i Faith, on May 29, 1892, outside Akko (also known as Akka or Acre), in what is now northern Israel.
This is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
Martyrdom of the Báb is observed July 9, 2025 1:00 PM, Rahmat 17
The holy day commemorates the anniversary of the execution of the Báb (Siyyid ‘Ali-Muhammad), the herald of the Baha’i Faith, by a firing squad on July 9, 1850, in Tabriz, Persia (now Iran).
This is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
Day of the Covenant begins: November 24, 2025 6:00 PM, Qawl 4
The festival commemorates Bahá’u’lláh’s appointment of His eldest son, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, as the Center of His Covenant.
Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha is observed November 27, 2025 1:00 AM, Qawl 6
Baha’is observe the anniversary of the death of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of Bahá’u’lláh and His appointed successor, on Nov 28, 1921 in Haifa, in what is now northern Israel.
Twin Holy Days
The Birth the Báb starts on October 21, 2025 6:00 PM and the Birh of Birth of Bahá’u’lláh is on October 23, 2025
Twin Holy Birthdays: The Birth of the Báb (October 20, 1819) and the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (November 12, 1817) occurred on consecutive days according to the Islamic lunar calendar (1 and 2 Muharram, respectively). These Holy Days are celebrated on the first and second days of the eighth lunar month after Naw-Rúz, and may fall as early as October 20-21 and as late as November 11-12.
These are two of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended and children are exempted from attending school.
Ayyám-i-Há
This year Ayyám-i-Há has
5
days.
Ayyám-i-Há will begin
Feb 24 2026 6:00 PM
and the last day of Ayyám-i-Há will be
Mar 01 2026.
View the official House of Justice document that provides the dates for this page.