- Ayyám-i-Há (February 25), by Christopher Buck. (2011-09)
- Badí' (Bahá'í) Calendar: An Introduction, The, by Moojan Momen. (2014-11) Summary of the nature of Bahá'í calendar, the way the Badí' calendar works, and the reason for the 2014 revisions inaugurated by the Universal House of Justice.
- Badí' Calendar, by Denis MacEoin. (1989) Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
- Bahá'í Calendar and Festivals, by Amin Banani. (1989) Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
- Bahá'í Calendar, Festivals, and Dates of Historic Significance, Author unknown, comp. (1986) Feasts, anniversaries, days of fasting, holy days, Nabil's narrative on the Badi' Calendar, and brief chronology of important dates in Bahá'í history.
- Bahá'í Era / Gregorian Calendar correlated to Ages, Epochs, and Plans, Anita Graves, comp. (2014) A chart showing the Bahá'í Era (years 1-179) and their A.D. equivalent (1844-2023), and their division into epochs and plans.
- Bahá'í Holy Days, by Darius Shahrokh. (1992) Selection of Writings about or related to the Holy Days, and overview of the meanings and rituals for specific festivals.
- Bahá'í holy days and commonalities among different religious traditions, by Robert Stockman. (2005) Audio presentation with background music, prepared for an audio series from the US Bahá'í National Center website.
- Bahá'í Teachings, Aspects of, by Universal House of Justice. (1997-08-06) Authenticity of Statements; Mathnavi; Quranic quotations; Marriage Prayer; 'Sun' and 'Moon'; Hands of the Cause; Night of Power; Khatt-i-Badi; Sarcophagus for Bahá'u'lláh; International Bahá'í Library Building; Lunar Calendar and Holy Days; Leiden; Kings.
- Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983), Universal House of Justice, comp. (1986) Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
- Calendar, Bahá'í, and Rhythms of Worship, by Christopher Buck, J. Gordon Melton. (2011-09)
- Christmas and Bahá'ís: Warwick Leaflets, by Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. (2002)
- Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, by Moojan Momen. (2013) Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the Epistle's references to Qayyumu’l-Asma and the Muslim dawn prayer for Ramadan.
- Covenant, Day of the (November 26), by Christopher Buck. (2011-09)
- Feast, Nineteen Day, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. (1991)
- Feast, Nineteen-Day, by Christopher Buck. (2011-09)
- First Kull-i-Shay' of the Bahá'í Era, The, by Arjen Bolhuis. (1999) Chart of the first 361 years (19*19) of the Bahá'í Era, in both HTML and Excel formats.
- Foreword: Time and the Badí` Calendar, by Udo Schaefer. (2008) An investigation of ‘time’ and the ‘Badí‘ calendar’ and its inherent symbolism.
- Holy Day Observances, by Universal House of Justice. (1992-06-15) Do Tablets of Visitation need to be recited on holy days? Do participants need to face the Qiblih while one is being recited?
- Letter to Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Bádí'u'lláh Khán of Abadih, by Shoghi Effendi. Juan Cole, trans. (1997-05) Answers four questions: (1) re "Crimson Scroll"; (2) re the "Sacred Night"; (3) re the "Tablet of the Bell"; and (4) using the Kitab-i-Aqdas for bibliomancy.
- List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org, by Christopher Buck. (2014/2020/2024) List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- Names of the Bahá'í Months, The: Separating Fact from Fiction, by Moojan Momen. Robert Stockman, comp. (2012-11) A blog post, compiled for the Wilmette Institute, on the original source of the names of the months of the Badí calendar — taken from a dawn prayer by the Fifth Shí’í Imám, Muhammad al-Báqir, for the month of Ramadan.
- Naw-Rúz, Festival of (March 21), by Christopher Buck. (2011-09)
- Naw-Rúz: The Bahá'í New Year, by John Walbridge. (1996) History of the observance of Naw Ruz, the Iranian New Year, in Persian culture and the Bahá'í Faith.
- Ninth cycle of the Bahá'í calendar, The, by `Alí Nakhjavání. (2015) Essay clarifying some technical issues involved with calculating lunar calendars, and how to appreciate the timing and implications of the Universal House of Justice's 2014 update to the Badí` calendar.
- Novelty in Ayyám-i-Há and the Badí Calendar, by John Taylor. (2000-09) The place of calendars in a religion, and the meaning of the Badi calendar for Bahá'ís.
- Perpetual Bahá'í Calendar, by Morgan Edna McKinney. (n.d.) One-page table showing the Bahá'í days of the year in relation to the Gregorian calendar.
- Principles of Bahá'í Administration, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, comp. (1950/1973) A guide to procedure in the life and organic activity of the Bahá'í community, prepared from three main sources from the US National Spiritual Assembly: Bahá'í Administration, Bahá'í Procedure, and Bahá'í Community.
- Regarding the Implementation of the Badi` Calendar, by Universal House of Justice. (2014-07-10) Message to the Bahá’ís of the world on the updated calendar of Bahá'í holy days. Includes a table of Bahá’í Dates 172 to 221 B.E., and a letter to an individual explaining the date of the astronomical new moon in Islamic and Bahá'í calendars.
- "Symbolism in the Badí' Calendar," by Robin Mihrshahi: Review, by Ismael Velasco. (2004)
- Textual Context and Literary Criticism: A Case Study based on a Letter from Shoghi Effendi, by Gerald C. Keil. (2010) The importance of systematic analysis of the written word prior to the process of exegesis to achieve clarity from the very start; textual questions; a specific example.
- Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A, by Stephen Lambden. (2023) Translation of and commentary on the Shí'í "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadán, and its symbolic exploration in Bábí and Bahá'í texts. Link to article (offsite).
- Wondrous New Day, A: The Numerology of Creation and 'All Things' in the Badí' Calendar, by Robin Mihrshahi. (2004/2013) Symbolism in the Bahá'í-era calendar, some Shaykhí origins of the Báb’s cosmology and ontology, and how these Shaykhí concepts find symbolic expression in the structure and organization of the Badí‘ calendar.
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