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Bahá’í Year 162
10th Year (Hubb), 9th Váhid (Bahá), 1st Kull-i-Shay
March 2005 - March 2006

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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 162
Splendour
21 March - 08 April 2005

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

Jalál 162
Glory
09 - 27 April 2005

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

Jamál 162
Beauty
28 April - 16 May 2005

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

Azamat 162
Grandeur
17 May - 04 June 2005

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

Núr 162
Light
05 - 23 June 2005

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

Rahmat 162
Mercy
24 June - 12 July 2005

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

Kalimát 162
Words
13 - 31 July 2005

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

Kamál 162
Perfection
01 - 19 August 2005

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

Asmá 162
Names
20 August - 07 September 2005

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

‘Izzat 162
Might
08 - 26 September 2005

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

Mashiyyat 162
Will
27 September - 15 October 2005

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

‘Ilm 162
Knowledge
16 October - 03 November 2005

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

Qudrat 162
Power
04 - 22 November 2005

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

Qawl 162
Speech
23 November - 11 December 2005

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

Masá’il 162
Questions
12 - 30 December 2005

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

Sharaf 162
Honour
31 December 2005 - 18 January 2006

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

Sultán 162
Sovereignty
19 January - 06 February 2006

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

Mulk 162
Dominion
07 - 25 February 2006

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

Ayyam-i-Há 162
Days of God
26 February - 01 March 2006

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

‘Alá’ 162
Loftiness
02 - 20 March 2006

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

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updated Jalál 162 / April 2005