Beginning of Baháʼí Calendar

Date: March 21, 1844 • Location: Rome, Italy

The Baháʼí calendar, used in the Baháʼí Faith, began.

The Baháʼí calendar used in the Baháʼí Faith is a solar calendar consisting of nineteen months and four or five intercalary days, with new year at the moment of Northern spring equinox. Each month is named after a virtue, as are the days of the week. The first year is dated from 1844 CE, the year in which the Báb began teaching.