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Festival of Riḍván

The official Bahá’í calendar lists the First, Ninth and Twelfth Days of Riḍván on 21 April, 29 April and 2 May 2026 respectively.

Date / rule21 April–2 May 2026; First Day 21 April, Ninth Day 29 April, Twelfth Day 2 May
ScopeBahá’í Faith / official Bahá’í calendar
VerificationOfficial Bahai Calendar Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Festival of Riḍván?

The official Bahá’í calendar lists the First, Ninth and Twelfth Days of Riḍván on 21 April, 29 April and 2 May 2026 respectively.

Date and recurrence

21 April–2 May 2026; First Day 21 April, Ninth Day 29 April, Twelfth Day 2 May

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Bahá’í Faith / official Bahá’í calendar. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Bahá’í Faith — The Bahá’í CalendarOfficial Faith Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Festival of Riḍván?

21 April–2 May 2026; First Day 21 April, Ninth Day 29 April, Twelfth Day 2 May The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 21 April–2 May 2026; First Day 21 April, Ninth Day 29 April, Twelfth Day 2 May.

Does Festival of Riḍván fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Festival of Riḍván an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Bahá’í Faith / official Bahá’í calendar. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Festival of Riḍván?

The stored designation basis is: The official Bahá’í calendar lists the First, Ninth and Twelfth Days of Riḍván on 21 April, 29 April and 2 May 2026 respectively.. Supporting provenance includes Bahá’í Faith — The Bahá’í Calendar. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Festival of Riḍván international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Bahá’í Faith / official Bahá’í calendar. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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