Joyous Naw-Ruz!!

19 days of fasting has gone... another half an hour, I'll be breaking fast and celebrating Naw-Ruz with my new Philippino friends, exciting-nya!!
Would like to wish everyone who's reading this blog, Bahai' or not, a very very joyous Naw-Ruz. May the new breath of spring fresh air brings you another year of purpose, filled with joy and happiness. ;-)

"...the Báb ordained the month of ‘Alá to be the month of fasting, decreed that the day of Naw-Rúz should mark the termination of that period, and designated Naw-Rúz as the Day of God. Bahá’u’lláh confirms the Badí calendar wherein Naw-Rúz is designated as a feast.
Naw-Rúz is the first day of the new year. It coincides with the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, which usually occurs on 21 March. Bahá’u’lláh explains that this feast day is to be celebrated on whatever day the sun passes into the constellation of Aries (i.e. the vernal equinox), even should this occur one minute before sunset. Hence Naw-Rúz could fall on 20, 21, or 22 March, depending on the time of the equinox."