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{{short description|First day of the Bahá'í calendar year; one of nine holy days of the Bahá'í Faith; occurs on the vernal equinox as seen in Tehran}}
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'''Naw-Rúz''' ({{lang-fa|نوروز|Nowruz}}) is the first day of the [[Baháʼí calendar]] year and one of nine [[Baháʼí calendar#Holy days|holy days]] for adherents of the [[Baháʼí Faith]]. It occurs on the [[March equinox|vernal equinox]], on or near March 21,which is the [[Noruz|traditional Iranian New Year]].<ref name="walbridge">{{cite web | title = Naw-Ruz: The Baháʼí New Year | first = John | last = Walbridge | date = 2004-07-11 | url = http://bahai-library.com/walbridge_encyclopedia_nawruz | accessdate = 2007-03-14}}</ref>
The traditional [[Nowruz]] holiday, from which the Baha'i holiday derives, has been celebrated since ancient times in [[Iran]], and is observed by culturally-adjacent peoples in [[Azerbaijan]], [[Turkey]], [[Iraq]], [[Armenia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Syria]], and [[Tajikistan]].<ref name="walbridge" /> The [[Báb]], the founder of [[Bábism]], and then [[Baháʼu'lláh]], the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, adopted the day as a holy day and associated it with the ''Most Great Name'' of God.<ref name="walbridge" /><ref name="rituals">{{cite book | title = Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism | first = Denis | last = MacEoin | year = 1994 | publisher = British Academic Press | location = Cambridge | isbn = 1-85043-654-1 | pages = 33–34 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4Bpd0xhUKewC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> The Baha'i holiday as now calculated does not always fall on the same day as the traditional festival (but may differ by one day), and does not incorporate a number of Persian cultural practices associated with the traditional holiday, but is a religious event featuring readings from Baha'i scriptures.
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Baháʼu'lláh, in the [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]], defines Naw-Rúz as the day on which the [[March equinox|vernal equinox]] occurs.<ref name="walbridge" /><ref name="aqdas_qa">{{cite book |author = Baháʼu'lláh |origyear = 1873 |year = 1992 |title = The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book | chapter = Questions and Answers |publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |isbn = 0-85398-999-0 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ka-15.html.iso8859-1#gr70 | page = 118}}</ref> The exact timing of Naw-Rúz for Baháʼís worldwide depends on the choice of a particular spot on the [[Earth]] and was left to the [[Universal House of Justice]], the governing body of the Baháʼís to decide.<ref name="aqdas_notes">{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |year = 1992 |title = The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book | chapter = Notes |publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |isbn = 0-85398-999-0 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ka-43.html.iso8859-1#pg178 | pages = 177–178}}</ref> In 2014, the Universal House of Justice chose [[Tehran]] as the particular spot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Letter of the Universal House of Justice|url=http://universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org/activities-bahai-community/20140710_001|website=universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org|publisher=Universal House of Justice|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref> Since Baháʼí days start at sundown,<ref name="bella" /> if the equinox occurs just before sunset, the day which started on the previous sunset is Naw-Rúz.<ref name="walbridge" /> Thus Naw-Rúz could fall on either March 20, 21st or 22nd of the Gregorian calendar, though these dates are pre-calculated years in advance.<ref name="UHJDates">[http://www.religiouslife.emory.edu/documents/Baha_i%20Holy%20Days%2050%20year%20calendar.pdf Baháʼí Dates 172 to 221 B.E. (2015 - 2065; prepared by the Baha'i World Centre)] (pdf)</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Table of Dates|url=http://www.bahaidate.today/table-of-dates/|website=Baháʼí Date Today|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref> All dates in the [[Baháʼí calendar]] are set in relation to Naw-Rúz and thus may shift on the Gregorian calendar by a day or two depending on the timing of the [[March equinox|vernal equinox]].
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