In the not far distant future it will be necessary that all peoples in the world agree on a common calendar (115:6)

It seems, therefore, fitting that the new age of unity should have a new calendar free from the objections and associations which make each of the older calendar unacceptable to large sections of the world's population, and it is difficult to see how any other arrangement could exceed in simplicity and convenience that proposed by the Bab (115:7)

The months in the Baha'i Calendar are as follows:
Arabic Name .. Translation .. First Days
1st -- Baha .......... Splendor...... March 21
2nd -- Jalal .......... Glory .......... April 9
3rd -- Jamal ........... Beauty ........ April 28
4th -- 'Azamat ...... Grandeur .... May 17
5th -- Núr ............... Light ............ June 5
6th -- Rahmat ........ Mercy ......... June 245
7th -- Kalimat ....... Words .......... July 13
8th -- Kamal .......... Perfection ... Aug. 1
9th -- Asma' ........... Names ......... Aug. 20
10th - 'Izzat ............ Might ........... Sept. 8
11th - Mashiyyat .. Will .............. Sept. 27
12th - 'Ilm ............... Knowledge Oct.16
13th - Qudrat ......... Power .......... Nov. 4
14th - Qawl ............ Speech ........ Nov. 23
15th - Masa'il ......... Questions ... Dec. 12
16th - Sharaf ........... Honor ......... Dec. 31
17th - Sultan ........... Sovereignty Jan. 19
18th - Mulk ............. Dominion .... Feb. 7
(115:8)

Intercalary Days - Feb. 26 to March 1, inclusive (115:9)

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