The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar (badí‘ means
wondrous or unique ), used by Bábism and the Bahá'í Faith, is a
solar calendar with regular years of 365 days, and leap years of
366 days. Years are composed of 19 months of 19 days each, (361
days) plus an extra period of "Intercalary Days" (4 in regular
and 5 in leap years). Years in the calendar begin at the vernal
equinox, and are counted with the date notation of BE (Bahá'í
Era), with 21 March 1844 CE being the first day of the first
year. The period from 21 March 2013 to 20 March 2014 is the year
170 BE. At present, the Bahá'í calendar is synchronized to the
Gregorian calendar, meaning that the extra day of a leap year
occurs simultaneously in both calendars. Note: The Badi calendar
was implemented during the Bábí faith and then adapted in the
Bahá'í Faith. The Bahá'í calendar started from the original
Badí‘ calendar, created by the Báb, and an early version of the
calendar began to be implemented during his time. It used a
scheme of 19 mo