Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era
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Bahá'í Feasts, Anniversaries, and Days of Fasting
Feast of Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í New Year), March 21.
Feast of Ridván (Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh), April 21- May 2.
Declaration of the Báb, May 23.[This date coincides with the birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá.]
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, May 29.
Martyrdom of the Báb, July 9.
Birth of the Báb, October 20.
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, November 12.
Day of the Covenant, November 26.
Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá, November 28.
Period of the Fast, nineteen days beginning March 2.