Day of the Covenant

Gregorian equivalent dates
Year	Date
2024	November 25
2025	November 25
2026	November 26
2027	November 26
2028	November 25

The Day of the Covenant is the day when Bahá’ís celebrate the appointment of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as the Centre of Bahá’u’lláh's Covenant with His followers.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá stated that May 23 should under no circumstances be celebrated as his day of birth. It was the day of the Declaration of the Báb, exclusively to be associated with Him. But as the Bahá’ís begged for a day to be celebrated as his, he gave them 4 Qawl (Speech) (November 25th or 26th), 180 days after the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh, to be observed as the day of the appointment of the Centre of the Covenant.

In Persian, it was known as Jashn-i-A’zam (The Greatest Festival), because he was Ghusn-i-A'zam (the Greatest Branch). In the West it is known as the Day of the Covenant.

References

• "Day of the Covenant (Bahá'í)". 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
• Balyuzi, H.M. (2001). ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh (Paperback ed.). Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. p.523, note 9. ISBN 0853980438. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)