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The Nanakshahi calendar (Gurmukhi: ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ, romanized: Nānakshāhī) is a tropical solar calendar used in Sikhism.It is based on the "Barah Maha" (Twelve Months), a composition composed by the Sikh gurus reflecting the changes in nature conveyed in the twelve-month cycle of the year. [1]
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. This month coincides with Magha in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar, [2] and January and February in the Gregorian and ...
Jeṭh (Shahmukhi: جیٹھ; Gurmukhi: ਜੇਠ) is a third month of the Punjabi calendar and the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs the activities within Sikhism.. This month coincides with Jyeshtha in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar, and May and June in the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 31 days long.
In Punjab though the solar calendar is generally followed, the lunar calendar used is purṇimānta, or calculated from the ending moment of the full moon: the beginning of the dark fortnight. [8] [9] Chait is considered to be the first month of the lunar year. [10] The lunar year begins on Chet Sudi: the first day after the new moon in Chet. [11]
Vaisakh (Shahmukhi: وساکھ; Gurmukhi: ਵਿਸਾਖ, Punjabi pronunciation: [ʋɪsaːkʰᵊ]) is the second month in the Nanakshahi calendar and the Punjabi calendar. This month coincides with April and May in the Gregorian calendar and to Vaisakha in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar; it comprises the time of crop ...
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] The Guru Nanak was born on the Full Moon (Pooranmashi) of the Indian Lunar Month Kartik ...
Forty years on, victims of the violence after prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination still seek justice.
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