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The revised Nanakshahi calendar was designed by Pal Singh Purewal to replace the Bikrami calendar. [17] The epoch of this calendar is the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Nanak Dev in 1469 and the Nanakshahi year commences on 1 Chet. New Year's Day falls annually on what is 14 March in the Gregorian Western calendar.
It commemorates the birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. The festival is one of the most widely celebrated event by Sikhs. Sikh New Year: March 13 or 14 (typically 14th) The Sikh new year in accordance to the Sikh Calendar (Nanakshahi Calendar). Hola Mohalla: March 15: An annual festival of thousands held at Anandpur Sahib.
Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born on Puranmashi of Kattak in 1469, according to the Vikram Samvat calendar [12] in Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in the present Shekhupura District of Pakistan, now Nankana Sahib. [13] It is a Gazetted holiday in India. [14]
Magghar (Shahmukhi: مگھر; Gurmukhi: ਮੱਘਰ, Punjabi pronunciation: [mə́gːəɾᵊ]) is the ninth month of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs the activities within Sikhism.
Vaisakhi is celebrated as Nepalese New Year because it is the day which marks the Hindu Solar New Year as per Vikram Samvat, the Hindu Solar Calendar. Vaisakha is the first month in Nepalese Calendar. The idols of Goddess Thimi Kumari are carried out in palanquins and are taken around the city. [113] [114]
Māgh (Shahmukhi: ماگھ; Gurmukhi: ਮਾਘ, Punjabi pronunciation:) is the eleventh month [1] of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs the activities within Sikhism.
Bandi Chhor Divas (Punjabi: ਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ ਦਿਵਸ (); meaning "Day of Liberation"), also known as Bandi Chhor Dihara, [1] is a Sikh celebration commemorating the day when the sixth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Hargobind, and 52 Hindu kings were released from Gwalior Fort, who had been imprisoned by Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
Chet (Shahmukhi: چیت; Gurmukhi: ਚੇਤ, Punjabi pronunciation: [t͡ʃeːt̪ᵊ]) is the first month of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which is used within Sikhism.