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Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, [1] Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
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Lohri is an official gazetted holiday in the state of Punjab (India), [114] but it is not a holiday in Punjab (Pakistan). [115] It is, however, observed by Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and Christians in Punjab, India and by some Punjabi Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Christians in Pakistan as well. [116]
Some festivals in Punjab, Pakistan are determined by the Punjabi calendar, [4] such as Muharram which is observed twice, once according to the Muslim year and again on the 10th of harh/18th of jeth. [5] The Punjabi calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Punjab, Pakistan. [6] [note 1]
Syed Ahmad Sultan, popularly known as Sakhi Sarwar, was a 12th-century Sufi saint of the Punjab. [21] Various fairs are held in the Punjab. The shrine at Nigaha holds a week-long Baisakhi fair in the month of April. [22] Sakhi Ghulam Qadir: 10 Chait (Punjabi calendar) The urs are celebrated on 10 Chait.
Lohri is an official holiday in Punjab, [6] [7] Jammu [8] and Himachal Pradesh. [9] The festival is celebrated in Delhi and Haryana but is not a gazetted holiday. [note 2] In all these areas, the festival is celebrated by Sikhs, Hindus and whoever wants to enjoy. [11]
They are general or gazetted (optional) holidays in India, but almost all are neither public nor gazetted holidays in Pakistan. Pakistani Muslims celebrate Islamic festivals and holidays. See also: Category:Festivals in Punjab, Pakistan, Category:Islamic festivals
It is a Gazetted holiday in India. [14] The Guru Nanak was born on the Full Moon (Pooranmashi) of the Indian Lunar Month Kartik. [15] The Sikhs have been celebrating Guru Nanak's Gurpurab around November for this reason, and it has been ingrained in Sikh Traditions. [8] [16]