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Bahá’í Year 161
9th Year (Bahá), 9th Váhid (Bahá), 1st Kull-i-Shay
March 2004 - March 2005

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Bahá’í Calendar

This new calendar was instituted by the Bahá’í spiritual leader Bahá’u’lláh, who stated that it should begin in the Gregorian year 1844 at the (northern) spring equinox, which is the traditional Iranian New Year. According to calendar's rules, the year begins at the sunset following the equinox, but up to now the practice in the West has been to start the year at sunset on 20 March. This is usually shown as 21 March, with the understanding that the day begins on the evening before. In the Middle East, Bahá’ís start the year at the sunset in Tehran following the equinox, and the Bahá’í Universal House of Justice has not yet decided on the rules of the calendar to be used by all (Reingold and Dershowitz: Calendrical Calculations 2001). For now, this site presents the calendar as used in the West.

Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed the fulfillment of all religions and the unity of humankind, and the calendar is designed to be a world calendar, (relatively) free of cultural baggage. It is an entirely solar calendar, without even the vestige of previously lunar months as in the Gregorian Calendar. It has nineteen months of nineteen days, with some extra days before the last month. The cycle of 19 names is used for the names of both the months and the days.

The Váhid is a period of 19 years, and a Kull-i-Shay is 19 Váhids (361 years). These two cycles have another set of names: Alif (A,1), Bá (B,2), Ab (Father,3), Dál (D,4), Báb (Gate,5), Váv (V,6), Abad (Eternity,7), Jád (Generosity,8), Bahá (Splendour,9), Hubb (Love,10), Bahháj (Delightful,11), Javáb (Answer,12), Ahad (Single,13), Vahháb (Bountiful,14), Vidád (Affection,15), Badí (Beginning,16), Bahí (Luminous,17), Abhá (Most Luminous,18), Váhid (Unity,19).

Days start on the evening before the Gregorian date given. The weekly seven day cycle is still used, and the day of rest is Friday.

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Bahá 161
Splendour
21 March - 08 April 2004

01	Bahá	Sun	21 Mar	Naw-Ruz (New Year)	11	Mashiyyat	Wed	31 Mar
02	Jalál	Mon	22 Mar		12	‘Ilm	Thu	01 Apr
03	Jamál	Tue	23 Mar		13	Qudrat	Fri	02 Apr
04	Azamat	Wed	24 Mar		14	Qawl	Sat	03 Apr
05	Núr	Thu	25 Mar		15	Masá’il	Sun	04 Apr
06	Rahmat	Fri	26 Mar		16	Sharaf	Mon	05 Apr
07	Kalimát	Sat	27 Mar		17	Sultán	Tue	06 Apr
08	Kamál	Sun	28 Mar		18	Mulk	Wed	07 Apr
09	Asmá	Mon	29 Mar		19	‘Alá’	Thu	08 Apr
10	‘Izzat	Tue	30 Mar

Jalál 161
Glory
09 - 27 April 2004

01	Bahá	Fri	09 Apr	11	Mashiyyat	Mon	19 Apr
02	Jalál	Sat	10 Apr	12	‘Ilm	Tue	20 Apr
03	Jamál	Sun	11 Apr	13	Qudrat	Wed	21 Apr	First Day of Ridván
04	Azamat	Mon	12 Apr	14	Qawl	Thu	22 Apr
05	Núr	Tue	13 Apr	15	Masá’il	Fri	23 Apr
06	Rahmat	Wed	14 Apr	16	Sharaf	Sat	24 Apr
07	Kalimát	Thu	15 Apr	17	Sultán	Sun	25 Apr
08	Kamál	Fri	16 Apr	18	Mulk	Mon	26 Apr
09	Asmá	Sat	17 Apr	19	‘Alá’	Tue	27 Apr
10	‘Izzat	Sun	18 Apr

Jamál 161
Beauty
28 April - 16 May 2004

01	Bahá	Wed	28 Apr		11	Mashiyyat	Sat	08 May
02	Jalál	Thu	29 Apr	Ninth Day of Ridván	12	‘Ilm	Sun	09 May
03	Jamál	Fri	30 Apr		13	Qudrat	Mon	10 May
04	Azamat	Sat	01 May		14	Qawl	Tue	11 May
05	Núr	Sun	02 May	Twelfth Day of Ridván	15	Masá’il	Wed	12 May
06	Rahmat	Mon	03 May		16	Sharaf	Thu	13 May
07	Kalimát	Tue	04 May		17	Sultán	Fri	14 May
08	Kamál	Wed	05 May		18	Mulk	Sat	15 May
09	Asmá	Thu	06 May		19	‘Alá’	Sun	16 May
10	‘Izzat	Fri	07 May

Azamat 161
Grandeur
17 May - 04 June 2004

01	Bahá	Mon	17 May		11	Mashiyyat	Thu	27 May
02	Jalál	Tue	18 May		12	‘Ilm	Fri	28 May
03	Jamál	Wed	19 May		13	Qudrat	Sat	29 May	Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh
04	Azamat	Thu	20 May		14	Qawl	Sun	30 May
05	Núr	Fri	21 May		15	Masá’il	Mon	31 May
06	Rahmat	Sat	22 May		16	Sharaf	Tue	01 Jun
07	Kalimát	Sun	23 May	Declaration of the Báb	17	Sultán	Wed	02 Jun
08	Kamál	Mon	24 May		18	Mulk	Thu	03 Jun
09	Asmá	Tue	25 May		19	‘Alá’	Fri	04 Jun
10	‘Izzat	Wed	26 May

Núr 161
Light
05 - 23 June 2004

01	Bahá	Sat	05 Jun	11	Mashiyyat	Tue	15 Jun
02	Jalál	Sun	06 Jun	12	‘Ilm	Wed	16 Jun
03	Jamál	Mon	07 Jun	13	Qudrat	Thu	17 Jun
04	Azamat	Tue	08 Jun	14	Qawl	Fri	18 Jun
05	Núr	Wed	09 Jun	15	Masá’il	Sat	19 Jun
06	Rahmat	Thu	10 Jun	16	Sharaf	Sun	20 Jun
07	Kalimát	Fri	11 Jun	17	Sultán	Mon	21 Jun
08	Kamál	Sat	12 Jun	18	Mulk	Tue	22 Jun
09	Asmá	Sun	13 Jun	19	‘Alá’	Wed	23 Jun
10	‘Izzat	Mon	14 Jun

Rahmat 161
Mercy
24 June - 12 July 2004

01	Bahá	Thu	24 Jun	11	Mashiyyat	Sun	04 Jul
02	Jalál	Fri	25 Jun	12	‘Ilm	Mon	05 Jul
03	Jamál	Sat	26 Jun	13	Qudrat	Tue	06 Jul
04	Azamat	Sun	27 Jun	14	Qawl	Wed	07 Jul
05	Núr	Mon	28 Jun	15	Masá’il	Thu	08 Jul
06	Rahmat	Tue	29 Jun	16	Sharaf	Fri	09 Jul	Martyrdom of the Báb
07	Kalimát	Wed	30 Jun	17	Sultán	Sat	10 Jul
08	Kamál	Thu	01 Jul	18	Mulk	Sun	11 Jul
09	Asmá	Fri	02 Jul	19	‘Alá’	Mon	12 Jul
10	‘Izzat	Sat	03 Jul

Kalimát 161
Words
13 - 31 July 2004

01	Bahá	Tue	13 Jul	11	Mashiyyat	Fri	23 Jul
02	Jalál	Wed	14 Jul	12	‘Ilm	Sat	24 Jul
03	Jamál	Thu	15 Jul	13	Qudrat	Sun	25 Jul
04	Azamat	Fri	16 Jul	14	Qawl	Mon	26 Jul
05	Núr	Sat	17 Jul	15	Masá’il	Tue	27 Jul
06	Rahmat	Sun	18 Jul	16	Sharaf	Wed	28 Jul
07	Kalimát	Mon	19 Jul	17	Sultán	Thu	29 Jul
08	Kamál	Tue	20 Jul	18	Mulk	Fri	30 Jul
09	Asmá	Wed	21 Jul	19	‘Alá’	Sat	31 Jul
10	‘Izzat	Thu	22 Jul

Kamál 161
Perfection
01 - 19 August 2004

01	Bahá	Sun	01 Aug	11	Mashiyyat	Wed	11 Aug
02	Jalál	Mon	02 Aug	12	‘Ilm	Thu	12 Aug
03	Jamál	Tue	03 Aug	13	Qudrat	Fri	13 Aug
04	Azamat	Wed	04 Aug	14	Qawl	Sat	14 Aug
05	Núr	Thu	05 Aug	15	Masá’il	Sun	15 Aug
06	Rahmat	Fri	06 Aug	16	Sharaf	Mon	16 Aug
07	Kalimát	Sat	07 Aug	17	Sultán	Tue	17 Aug
08	Kamál	Sun	08 Aug	18	Mulk	Wed	18 Aug
09	Asmá	Mon	09 Aug	19	‘Alá’	Thu	19 Aug
10	‘Izzat	Tue	10 Aug

Asmá 161
Names
20 August - 07 September 2004

01	Bahá	Fri	20 Aug	11	Mashiyyat	Mon	30 Aug
02	Jalál	Sat	21 Aug	12	‘Ilm	Tue	31 Aug
03	Jamál	Sun	22 Aug	13	Qudrat	Wed	01 Sep
04	Azamat	Mon	23 Aug	14	Qawl	Thu	02 Sep
05	Núr	Tue	24 Aug	15	Masá’il	Fri	03 Sep
06	Rahmat	Wed	25 Aug	16	Sharaf	Sat	04 Sep
07	Kalimát	Thu	26 Aug	17	Sultán	Sun	05 Sep
08	Kamál	Fri	27 Aug	18	Mulk	Mon	06 Sep
09	Asmá	Sat	28 Aug	19	‘Alá’	Tue	07 Sep
10	‘Izzat	Sun	29 Aug

‘Izzat 161
Might
08 - 26 September 2004

01	Bahá	Wed	08 Sep	11	Mashiyyat	Sat	18 Sep
02	Jalál	Thu	09 Sep	12	‘Ilm	Sun	19 Sep
03	Jamál	Fri	10 Sep	13	Qudrat	Mon	20 Sep
04	Azamat	Sat	11 Sep	14	Qawl	Tue	21 Sep
05	Núr	Sun	12 Sep	15	Masá’il	Wed	22 Sep
06	Rahmat	Mon	13 Sep	16	Sharaf	Thu	23 Sep
07	Kalimát	Tue	14 Sep	17	Sultán	Fri	24 Sep
08	Kamál	Wed	15 Sep	18	Mulk	Sat	25 Sep
09	Asmá	Thu	16 Sep	19	‘Alá’	Sun	26 Sep
10	‘Izzat	Fri	17 Sep

Mashiyyat 161
Will
27 September - 15 October 2004

01	Bahá	Mon	27 Sep	11	Mashiyyat	Thu	07 Oct
02	Jalál	Tue	28 Sep	12	‘Ilm	Fri	08 Oct
03	Jamál	Wed	29 Sep	13	Qudrat	Sat	09 Oct
04	Azamat	Thu	30 Sep	14	Qawl	Sun	10 Oct
05	Núr	Fri	01 Oct	15	Masá’il	Mon	11 Oct
06	Rahmat	Sat	02 Oct	16	Sharaf	Tue	12 Oct
07	Kalimát	Sun	03 Oct	17	Sultán	Wed	13 Oct
08	Kamál	Mon	04 Oct	18	Mulk	Thu	14 Oct
09	Asmá	Tue	05 Oct	19	‘Alá’	Fri	15 Oct
10	‘Izzat	Wed	06 Oct

‘Ilm 161
Knowledge
16 October - 03 November 2004

01	Bahá	Sat	16 Oct		11	Mashiyyat	Tue	26 Oct
02	Jalál	Sun	17 Oct		12	‘Ilm	Wed	27 Oct
03	Jamál	Mon	18 Oct		13	Qudrat	Thu	28 Oct
04	Azamat	Tue	19 Oct		14	Qawl	Fri	29 Oct
05	Núr	Wed	20 Oct	Birth of the Báb	15	Masá’il	Sat	30 Oct
06	Rahmat	Thu	21 Oct		16	Sharaf	Sun	31 Oct
07	Kalimát	Fri	22 Oct		17	Sultán	Mon	01 Nov
08	Kamál	Sat	23 Oct		18	Mulk	Tue	02 Nov
09	Asmá	Sun	24 Oct		19	‘Alá’	Wed	03 Nov
10	‘Izzat	Mon	25 Oct

Qudrat 161
Power
04 - 22 November 2004

01	Bahá	Thu	04 Nov		11	Mashiyyat	Sun	14 Nov
02	Jalál	Fri	05 Nov		12	‘Ilm	Mon	15 Nov
03	Jamál	Sat	06 Nov		13	Qudrat	Tue	16 Nov
04	Azamat	Sun	07 Nov		14	Qawl	Wed	17 Nov
05	Núr	Mon	08 Nov		15	Masá’il	Thu	18 Nov
06	Rahmat	Tue	09 Nov		16	Sharaf	Fri	19 Nov
07	Kalimát	Wed	10 Nov		17	Sultán	Sat	20 Nov
08	Kamál	Thu	11 Nov		18	Mulk	Sun	21 Nov
09	Asmá	Fri	12 Nov	Birth of Bahá’u’lláh	19	‘Alá’	Mon	22 Nov
10	‘Izzat	Sat	13 Nov

Qawl 161
Speech
23 November - 11 December 2004

01	Bahá	Tue	23 Nov		11	Mashiyyat	Fri	03 Dec
02	Jalál	Wed	24 Nov		12	‘Ilm	Sat	04 Dec
03	Jamál	Thu	25 Nov		13	Qudrat	Sun	05 Dec
04	Azamat	Fri	26 Nov	Day of the Covenant	14	Qawl	Mon	06 Dec
05	Núr	Sat	27 Nov		15	Masá’il	Tue	07 Dec
06	Rahmat	Sun	28 Nov	Ascension of Abdu’-Bahá	16	Sharaf	Wed	08 Dec
07	Kalimát	Mon	29 Nov		17	Sultán	Thu	09 Dec
08	Kamál	Tue	30 Nov		18	Mulk	Fri	10 Dec
09	Asmá	Wed	01 Dec		19	‘Alá’	Sat	11 Dec
10	‘Izzat	Thu	02 Dec

Masá’il 161
Questions
12 - 30 December 2004

01	Bahá	Sun	12 Dec	11	Mashiyyat	Wed	22 Dec
02	Jalál	Mon	13 Dec	12	‘Ilm	Thu	23 Dec
03	Jamál	Tue	14 Dec	13	Qudrat	Fri	24 Dec
04	Azamat	Wed	15 Dec	14	Qawl	Sat	25 Dec
05	Núr	Thu	16 Dec	15	Masá’il	Sun	26 Dec
06	Rahmat	Fri	17 Dec	16	Sharaf	Mon	27 Dec
07	Kalimát	Sat	18 Dec	17	Sultán	Tue	28 Dec
08	Kamál	Sun	19 Dec	18	Mulk	Wed	29 Dec
09	Asmá	Mon	20 Dec	19	‘Alá’	Thu	30 Dec
10	‘Izzat	Tue	21 Dec

Sharaf 161
Honour
31 December 2004 - 18 January 2005

01	Bahá	Fri	31 Dec	11	Mashiyyat	Mon	10 Jan
02	Jalál	Sat	01 Jan	12	‘Ilm	Tue	11 Jan
03	Jamál	Sun	02 Jan	13	Qudrat	Wed	12 Jan
04	Azamat	Mon	03 Jan	14	Qawl	Thu	13 Jan
05	Núr	Tue	04 Jan	15	Masá’il	Fri	14 Jan
06	Rahmat	Wed	05 Jan	16	Sharaf	Sat	15 Jan
07	Kalimát	Thu	06 Jan	17	Sultán	Sun	16 Jan
08	Kamál	Fri	07 Jan	18	Mulk	Mon	17 Jan
09	Asmá	Sat	08 Jan	19	‘Alá’	Tue	18 Jan
10	‘Izzat	Sun	09 Jan

Sultán 161
Sovereignty
19 January - 06 February 2005

01	Bahá	Wed	19 Jan	11	Mashiyyat	Sat	29 Jan
02	Jalál	Thu	20 Jan	12	‘Ilm	Sun	30 Jan
03	Jamál	Fri	21 Jan	13	Qudrat	Mon	31 Jan
04	Azamat	Sat	22 Jan	14	Qawl	Tue	01 Feb
05	Núr	Sun	23 Jan	15	Masá’il	Wed	02 Feb
06	Rahmat	Mon	24 Jan	16	Sharaf	Thu	03 Feb
07	Kalimát	Tue	25 Jan	17	Sultán	Fri	04 Feb
08	Kamál	Wed	26 Jan	18	Mulk	Sat	05 Feb
09	Asmá	Thu	27 Jan	19	‘Alá’	Sun	06 Feb
10	‘Izzat	Fri	28 Jan

Mulk 161
Dominion
07 - 25 February 2005

01	Bahá	Mon	07 Feb	11	Mashiyyat	Thu	17 Feb
02	Jalál	Tue	08 Feb	12	‘Ilm	Fri	18 Feb
03	Jamál	Wed	09 Feb	13	Qudrat	Sat	19 Feb
04	Azamat	Thu	10 Feb	14	Qawl	Sun	20 Feb
05	Núr	Fri	11 Feb	15	Masá’il	Mon	21 Feb
06	Rahmat	Sat	12 Feb	16	Sharaf	Tue	22 Feb
07	Kalimát	Sun	13 Feb	17	Sultán	Wed	23 Feb
08	Kamál	Mon	14 Feb	18	Mulk	Thu	24 Feb
09	Asmá	Tue	15 Feb	19	‘Alá’	Fri	25 Feb
10	‘Izzat	Wed	16 Feb

Ayyam-i-Há 161
Days of God
26 February - 01 March 2005

01		Sat	26 Feb		03		Mon	28 Feb
02		Sun	27 Feb		04		Tue	01 Mar

‘Alá’ 161
Loftiness
02 - 20 March 2005

01	Bahá	Wed	02 Mar	start of the month of fasting	11	Mashiyyat	Sat	12 Mar
02	Jalál	Thu	03 Mar		12	‘Ilm	Sun	13 Mar
03	Jamál	Fri	04 Mar		13	Qudrat	Mon	14 Mar
04	Azamat	Sat	05 Mar		14	Qawl	Tue	15 Mar
05	Núr	Sun	06 Mar		15	Masá’il	Wed	16 Mar
06	Rahmat	Mon	07 Mar		16	Sharaf	Thu	17 Mar
07	Kalimát	Tue	08 Mar		17	Sultán	Fri	18 Mar
08	Kamál	Wed	09 Mar		18	Mulk	Sat	19 Mar
09	Asmá	Thu	10 Mar		19	‘Alá’	Sun	20 Mar
10	‘Izzat	Fri	11 Mar

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updated Sharaf 160 / January 2004