Baha'i Season Finder
Baha'i Season Finder — a free browser tool for dates under the Baha'i calendar: year 1 = 1844 CE (Naw-Rúz ≈ 21 March).
- Instant, accurate results.
Inputs
Pick from the date picker — shown in your device's date order (day/month/year)
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How it works
Enter the date values and the tool computes the result for the bahai calendar system.
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Step 1
Enter your date in the Baha'i calendar: day, month, and year.
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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.
Use Cases
Season of a Baha'i date
Map any Baha'i date to its astronomical season; because the system drifts against the solar cycle differently from Gregorian, season boundaries are computed for the actual date rather than carried over from a Gregorian table.
Cross-check Baha'i against Gregorian
Compare a Baha'i date with its Gregorian counterpart only after converting it, never by comparing raw day or year numbers, because the two systems start from different epochs and count leap years on different cycles.
Tips
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This Baha'i Season Finder 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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Watch century boundaries and very old dates in the Baha'i system: historical calendars dropped or added days when they were adopted, which is invisible in daily use but material for long-range historical calculations here.
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Leap rules differ between the calendars behind Baha'i, so a span that looks like whole years in one system can land a day or two off in another; trust the converted result rather than a fixed mental offset.
Common Mistakes
Intercalation is system-private: the Baha'i year runs 365–366 days because leap months follow rules no other calendar shares, so a Gregorian every-fourth-year reflex misreads baha'i dates. Let the tool apply the baha'i rule to a season lookup.
Leap rules differ between the Baha'i calendar and the simplified school shortcut, so filters like “divisible by 4” are not enough. Let the tool apply the baha'i intercalation rule to the actual year you entered.
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