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 Bahá'í calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bahá'í calendar, common to the Bahá'í Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years 365 days long and leap years 366 days long as explained within the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
Bahá'u'lláh confirmed and adopted this calendar and made Naw-Rúz or the vernal equinox (which can be on the 20th, 21st, or 22nd of March) the first day of the year, and also clarified the interacalary days.
The implementation of the variable calendar with respect to the beginning of Naw-Rúz will require the Universal House of Justice selecting a single location for the fixing of the date of the equinox [1].
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bahai_calendar   (373 words)

  
 Calendar
A calendar is also a physical device (often paper) that illustrates the system (for example, a desktop calendar).
An arbitrary calendar is not synchronized to either the Moon or the Sun; examples are the week and the Julian day used by astronomers.
The Chinese, Hebrew, Hindu calendar, and Julian calendars are widely used for religious and/or social purposes.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/calendar.html   (1546 words)

  
 Calendar Converter
The Gregorian calendar was proclaimed by Pope Gregory XIII and took effect in most Catholic states in 1582, in which October 4, 1582 of the Julian calendar was followed by October 15 in the new calendar, correcting for the accumulated discrepancy between the Julian calendar and the equinox as of that date.
The Julian calendar was proclaimed by Julius Cæsar in 46 B.C. and underwent several modifications before reaching its final form in 8 C.E. The Julian calendar differs from the Gregorian only in the determination of leap years, lacking the correction for years divisible by 100 and 400 in the Gregorian calendar.
The Bahá'í calendar is a solar calendar organised as a hierarchy of cycles, each of length 19, commemorating the 19 year period between the 1844 proclamation of the Báb in Shiraz and the revelation by Bahá'u'lláh in 1863.
www.fourmilab.ch /documents/calendar   (5229 words)

  
 The Spiritual Sanctuary celebrates the Bahai Faith
The goals of the Bahai faith are for people to realize that we live in one humanity and that we are one human family that should treat each other fairly and with respect.
Shoggi Effendi Rabbani is the grandson of Abdu'l-Baha and is the Guardian of the Bahai faith.
The teachings of the Bahai includes a detailed journey of knowledge in the spiritual nature of human beings, and an important emphasis on unifying humanity, beginning with the love of the family as well as a prescription for solving the social ills of human society.
www.thespiritualsanctuary.org /Bahai/Bahai.html   (1825 words)

  
 Edward M. Reingold's Calendar Papers/Code
Easy conversion among these calendars is a natural outcome of the approach, as is the determination of secular and religious holidays.
In this note we describe a unified implementation of calendars whose year is based on the astronomical solar cycle--that is, on the precise solar longitude at a specified time.
For example, the astronomical Persian calendar begins its new year on the day when the vernal equinox (approximately March 21) occurs before apparent noon (the middle point of the day, not clock time) and is postponed to the next day if the equinox is after apparent noon.
emr.cs.uiuc.edu /~reingold/calendars.shtml   (429 words)

  
 Bahai Temple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Bahai_Temple.html   (321 words)

  
 Calendopaedia - Miscellaneous Calenders
The Babylonian Calendar is not particularly unsusual but is included because it was thought to be the main influence on the Egyptian, Hebrew and Islamic calendars.
This calendar had a year that was made up of twelve months of thirty days each, and five days were added at the end.
As the calendar was introduced on 24th November 1793 it was decided that the calendar would retrospectively start on 22 September 1792.
www.geocities.com /calendopaedia/misc.htm   (1525 words)

  
 bahai calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
sv:Bahaikalendern The Bahá'i calendar is a solar calendar with regular years 365 days long and leap years 366 days long.
Years in the Bahá'i calendar begin at the vernal equinox (usually March 21 in the Gregorian calendar).
Also existent in the Baha'i calendar system is a 19-year cycle called Vahid and a 361-year (19x19) supercycle called Kull i-Shay (literally, All Things.) The 9th Vahid in the 1st Kull i-Shay started in 1996.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Bahai_calendar.html   (182 words)

  
 The Bahai Faith
The Bahai faith is not a sect of Islam but is an offshoot of the Babi religion, a group in Persia that broke away from the Shia branch of Islam in 1844.
One of the basic precepts of Bahais that all the great religions of the world are divine in origin, that their basic principles are in complete harmony.
The Bahais estimate that there are nearly 5 million believers worldwide, though actual adult enrollment in the faith is presently a about almost half of the number of believers.
www.answering-islam.com /bahai_faith.htm   (592 words)

  
 Baha'is and the Calendar - Baha'i
The Baha’i calendar or the Badi calendar was established by the Bab (The Gate) and approved by Baha’u’llah in 1844 as the first year of the calendar.
The Baha’i calendar is divided into 19 months of 19 days and leaves four Intercalary Days (five in leap year) which we call Ayyam-i-Ha.
The Gregorian calendar is based on old roman gods and emperors and was used when people used the moon to mark a new passage of time.
www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art26690.asp   (321 words)

  
 QUT - Equity - Diversity Calendar - Index of Events A-D
In modern times, the Gregorian Calendar (Christian in origin) is used by most countries for official activities, however, many of the ancient calendars are still used for religious observances.
The Chinese calendar is based on astronomical observations of the sun and the phases of the moon.
The familial atmosphere, colourful setting, and the abundance of food, drink and interactions between participants and with the dead is an important social ritual which recognizes the cycle of life and death that is human existence.
www.equity.qut.edu.au /newsevents/calendar/a-d.html   (2917 words)

  
 The Baha'i Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But regardless of how the calendar came to be called the Badi calendar, it was created by the Báb, and Bahá'u'lláh specified a few of the details that His Forerunner had not provided.
Calendars are tools we use to organize and regulate our lives, especially our collective lives.
Calendars have often been organized with religious observances in mind, and indeed may have originally developed, at least in part, in response to religious concerns.
www.planetbahai.org /articles/2003/ar032103a.html   (1176 words)

  
 Bahai News -- Los Angles Times - Bahai holiday marks founder's death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This year she welcomed worshipers to celebrate one of nine holy days in the Bahai calendar.
To Diane Gunther, treasurer of the Bahais of Rancho Cucamonga, the holiday is a reminder that the Bab was a manifestation of God.
The day is observed often in homes, with Bahais sharing their history, prayers and writings of the Bab.
www.uga.edu /bahai/2003/030530-1.html   (612 words)

  
 search.cpan.org: Date::Baha::i - Convert to and from Baha'i dates.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
When Baha'is gather for the Feast of (say) Baha, the first month of the year, you might think that the date on which they should gather is, in the Gregorian calendar, March 21st.
This calendar was instituted by the Baha'i spiritual leader Baha'u'llah, who stated that it should begin in the Gregorian year 1844 at the (northern) Spring equinox, which is the traditional Iranian New Year.
In the Middle East, Baha'is start the year at the sunset in Tehran following the equinox, and the Baha'i 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).
search.cpan.org /~gene/Date-Baha-i-0.13.1/i.pm   (2093 words)

  
 search.cpan.org: Date::Baha::i - Compute the numeric and named Baha'i date.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Baha'i year is based on the solar year of 365 days, five hours and some fifty minutes.
The names of the months in the Baha'i (Badi) calendar were given by the Bab, who drew them from the nineteen names of God invoked in a prayer said during the month of fasting in Shi'ih Islam.
This new calendar was instituted by the Baha'i spiritual leader Baha'u'llah, who stated that it should begin in the Gregorian year 1844 at the (northern) Spring equinox, which is the traditional Iranian New Year.
search.cpan.org /~gene/Date-Baha-i-0.07/i.pm   (1735 words)

  
 Religious Calendars -- The Calendar Zone
American Nameday Calendar of First Names -- a nameday calendar in which most of our namedays are based on both religion and American history.
Magnificat Calendar -- This attractive calendar is truly unique, with 13 pictures painted at our Monastery, representing comforting truths of our Faith, and an illustration of the Saint for each day.
ROMCAL: the General Roman Calendar -- ROMCAL is a package of software to compute the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church.
www.calendarzone.com /Religious   (791 words)

  
 Iranica.com - BAHAI
The Bahai calendar is based on the solar year.
The new year in the Bahai calendar begins on the vernal equinox, the ancient Persian festival of Nowru@z.
At present the Bahais in the Middle East celebrate this day as determined astronomically, while in the rest of the Bahai world it is always celebrated on 21 March.
www.iranica.com /articles/v9f5/v9f553d.html   (4743 words)

  
 List of calendars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julian calendar (still used by Orthodox churches for Easter)
Maya calendar (parts still used by Maya Indians)
Thai lunar calendar (still used for some Thai holidays)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_calendars   (94 words)

  
 Baha'i Faith & Religious Freedom of Conscience
A critique of the Baha'i Faith from a Christian perspective; its origins, major beliefs, contrasts between Christianity and Baha'i, its organization and goals, and suggested weaknesses of the Baha'i system of belief.
The Baha'i Faith is an independent worldwide religion with 6 million adherents who believe in the oneness of God and the oneness of humankind.
The Gedling Baha'i Community is situated in the Gedling district on the edge of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England.
www.fglaysher.com /bahaicensorship/BahaiLinks.htm   (2785 words)

  
 Gcal 3.01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Provide the eternal holiday list additionally with Orthodox new calendar holidays, and it is assumed that the Gregorian Reformation has occurred from 10th till 22nd March 1924.
This means, Gcal only uses a definite calendar system during a definite period, although there was a change to another calendar system in the historic reality during this definite period.
In this case, the actual system date that is normally based on the Gregorian calendar and that is used by Gcal, is internally and automatically converted into the according Julian date(19).
www.delorie.com /gnu/docs/gcal/gcal_8.html   (3062 words)

  
 Multicultural Calendar 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Value Diversity in your workplace with the 14th edition of the Multicultural Calendar that continues to grow in popularity with corporations, universities, banks, hospitals, social service agencies and the government.
Each page of this calendar brings the richness of dance and their meanings to life.
A unique and informative Calendar, it incorporates hundreds of religious, multicultural and diversity related holidays and observances.
www.multiculturalcalendar.com   (218 words)

  
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Note that not all calendars are regular calendars, the Jewish and Mayan calendars in particular are excluded.
For the Julian, Alexandrian and Bahai calendars, E = 1; for the Egyptian calendars E = 0.
For Julian or Gregorian calendars, we may write this as: d = 28M' + Z where Z is the sum of the excesses.
www.users.zetnet.co.uk /egrichards/hatch.txt   (3267 words)

  
 The Iranian: News & Views
The Bahai faith, which is represented in more than 200 countries, is the world's second-most widespread religion, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Early Baha'is came from Persia, and the apostrophe translates to "follower of." A Bahai is a follower of Baha'u'luh, a Persian nobleman who founded the faith in 1844, said Dorothy Gibson, a member of the sizable Thousand Oaks Bahai community.
Bahais all over the world gathered for a prayer for mankind and a festive potluck New Year's feast.
bahai-library.com /newspapers/032898.html   (701 words)

  
 The Baha'i Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The light of guidance flamed from the lamp of his heart; the love of God sparked a revolution in the country of his inner self.
Since the Bahá’í day lasts from sunset to sunset, the 19-Day Feast is generally held in the evening on the day before the 1st day of the Bahá’í month according to the Gregorian calendar.
The last month in the Bahá'í calendar is dedicated to the Fast.
www.shininglamp.org /Bahai-Calendar.html   (467 words)

  
 Maya Links and Calculators
MayaCal 1.2 is a calendar app for exploring the Maya, Julian and Gregorian calendars.
PC software for Maya Calendar conversion which allows a variety of different kinds of conversion, and accommodates user settings for the correlation number, the yearbearer system and the haab month base number.
Mesoamerican Calendars (Resonate) Another great site, with an introduction by Jenkins, loads on the correlation issue, with a reply from Arguelles over his Dreamspell count, which misses a day every leap year, unlike the Tzolkin count still used in Guatemala, which is unbroken.
www.diagnosis2012.co.uk /mlink.htm   (3417 words)

  
 Bahaism and Its Claims: Chapter 12
The Bahai propaganda is carried on by means of these assemblies, by parlour meetings, by personal intercourse and by letters (tablets) from Abdul Baha.
The Bahais present were very much upset and protested that his picture would be scattered all over the country in the movies.
To my question as to the number of Bahais in Chicago, she replied "that Baha Ullah has told us that there must be a falling away before the triumph," from which I inferred that conditions were not prosperous.
www.bahai-library.com /books/bahaism/bahaism12.html   (5003 words)

  
 Bahai Faith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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www.acardinaldeposed.com /bahai-faith.html   (224 words)

  
 Bibliography of the Baha'i Faith
Bahai Diary, 101 B. New Delhi: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India and Burma, 1944.
Honolulu: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the Hawaiian Islands, 1978.
Pilgrimage: Baha'i History Calendar, 1983, I39-I40 B.E. Honolulu; National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the Hawaiian Islands, 1982.
bahai-library.com /books/biblio/calendar.html   (669 words)

  
 Bahai Holiday Set to Begin Thursday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Bahai holiday of Ayyam-i-Ha begins at sundown Thursday, leading into a 19-day period of fasting that ends with a New Year celebration.
Bahais observe nine holy days during the year.
     Since the Bahai calendar consists of 19 months, each with 19 days, there are four days left over--five in a leap year.
www.bahai-library.com /newspapers/022099.html   (190 words)

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