The Bab named the months after the attributes of God.

The Baha'i New Year, like the ancient Persian New Year, is astronomically fixed, commencing at the March equinox (usually March 21), and the Baha'i era commences with the year of the Bab's declaration (i.e.1844 A.D., 1260 A.H.).
In the not far distant future it will be necessary that all peoples in the world agree on a common calendar.
It seems, therefore, fitting that the new age of unity should have a new calendar free from the objections and associations which make each of the older calendar unacceptable to large sections of the world's population, and it is difficult to see how any other arrangement could exceed in simplicity and convenience that proposed by the Bab.
The months in the Baha'i Calendar are as follows: *Arabic Name* *Translation* *First Days* 1st Baha Splendor March 21 2nd Jalal Glory April 9 3rd Jamal Beauty April 28 4th 'Azamat Grandeur May 17 5th Nur Light June 5 6th Rahmat Mercy June 24 7th Kalimat Words July 31 8th Kamal Perfection Aug.

1 9th Asma' Names Aug.

20 10th 'Izzat Might Sept.

8 11th Ma_sh_iyyat Will Sept.