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Guru Nanak Gurpurab 2010 at Pune, Maharashtra, India. On the day of the Gurpurab, the celebrations commence/begin early in the morning at about 4 to 5 a.m. [22] [23] This time of the day is referred to as Amrit Vela. The day begins with the singing of Asaa-Ki-Vaar (morning hymns).
The Mool Nanakshahi Calendar recognizes the adoption event, of 1999 CE, in the Sikh history when SGPC released the first calendar with permanently fixed dates in the Tropical Calendar. Therefore, the calculations of this calendar do not regress back from 1999 CE into the Bikrami era, and accurately fixes for all time in the future. [27]
Gurpurab (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਪੁਰਬ ), alternatively spelt as Gurpurb or Gurpurub, in Sikh tradition is a celebration of an anniversary of a Guru's birth marked by the holding of a festival. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Date Observed Description Shaheedi Jor Maghi Mela : January 14: This festival commemorates to the 40 Muktas (40 Martyrs) who fought in the Battle of Muktsar. Parkash Utsav Dasmeh Patshah Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji: January 5: This festival's name, when translated, means the birth celebration of the 10th Divine Light, or Divine Knowledges.
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The Punjabi calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Punjab, Pakistan. [6] [note 1] 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.
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The Punjabi Muslim festivals are set according to the lunar Islamic calendar (Hijri), and the date falls earlier by 10 to 13 days from year to year. [6] The Hindu and Sikh Punjabi seasonal festivals are set on specific dates of the luni-solar Bikrami calendar or Punjabi calendar and the date of the festival also typically varies in the ...