Is it a leap year in the Baha'i calendar?

Enter the date values and the tool computes the result for the bahai calendar system.

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   Step 1

   Enter the year to check under Baha'i calendar rules.

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   Step 2

   We apply the Baha'i epoch and leap rules — year 1 = 1844 CE (Naw-Rúz ≈ 21 March).

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   Step 3

   Read the result exact to the day — Baha'i leap years (365–366 days) applied automatically.

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  This Baha'i Leap Year Checker follows Baha'i calendar rules — its own epoch, month lengths, and leap years — so the result can differ from a Gregorian-based calculation of the same date; treat the calendar system as part of the input.

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  Enter the Baha'i dates in YYYY-MM-DD format to avoid ambiguity — some conventions read 03/04 as March fourth and others as April third, and a swapped month and day silently shifts every result this page derives.

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  For deadlines tied to authorities or contracts, confirm which calendar the deadline officially uses before converting it here — a Baha'i date read in the wrong system can be off by days or even a full year.

• The “divisible by 4” shortcut answers the Gregorian question, not the Baha'i one: century years and system-specific intercalary rules both break it. Run the baha'i leap rule on the actual year instead of pre-filtering it yourself.

• Copied results lose their calendar context: a Baha'i date pasted into a document or app that assumes Gregorian silently misstates anniversaries and deadlines by years. Label the system whenever the result leaves this page.