Ayyam-i-Ha 177 B.E. Sunset 2/25/2021-Sunset 2/28/2021-Fast Begins At Sunset 2/28/2021 & Ends At Sunset 3/19/2021
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O Pen of the Most High! Say: O people of the world! We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period, and at its close have designated for you Naw-Rúz as a feast. Thus hath the Day-Star of Utterance shone forth above the horizon of the Book as decreed by Him Who is the Lord of the beginning and the end. Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month of fasting. We have ordained that these, amid all nights and days, shall be the manifestations of the letter Há, and thus they have not been bounded by the limits of the year and its months. It behoveth the people of Bahá, throughout these days, to provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation to hail and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name; and when they end—these days of giving that precede the season of restraint—let them enter upon the Fast. Thus hath it been ordained by Him Who is the Lord of all mankind. The traveller, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are not bound by the Fast; they have been exempted by God as a token of His grace. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Most Generous.
Baha’u’llah, Kitab-I-Aqdas
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Bahá’u’lláh explains: “The Festival of Naw-Rúz falleth on the day that the sun entereth the sign of Aries, [The vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere] even should this occur no more than one minute before sunset.”
This year the sun enters the constellation of Aries at 5:37 am Eastern Time (U.S.) on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
The Fast period begins at the begining of the Baha’i day at sunset, Sunday, February 28, 2021 and ends at the begining of the Baha’i day at sunset, Friday, March 19, 2021.
The Baha’i Holy Day of Naw-Ruz, 178 B.E. will be celebrated from sunset on Friday March 19, 2021 until sunset on Sunday, March 21, 2021. The Baha’i Month of Baha’ begins at sunset, on Sunday, March 21, 2021.
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