Nanakshahi calendar

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The Nanakshahi (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ, nānakashāhī) calendar is a solar calendar that was adopted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee to determine the dates for important Sikh events.^[1] It was designed by Pal Singh Purewal, a non-Amritdhari, to replace the Saka calendar and has been in use since 1998. The epoch of this calendar is the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Nanak Dev in 1469. New Year's Day falls annually on what is March 14 in the Gregorian Western calendar. ^[1]

Hola Mohalla, Bandi Chhor Divas and Guru Nanak Jayanti continue to be celebrated on dates based on the Hindu calendar. All other Sikh religious days are observed in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.^{[citation needed]}

The calendar is highly controversial and is not universally supported by the Sikh community. It is simply a renamed Gregorian calendar and does not use the more accurate approach in other calendar systems like the Jalali calendar. Some people in the Sikh community believe that the calendar is important as it re-affirms the Sikh faith's independence from the Hindu and Muslim faiths.^[2] However, many other people and organizations have not accepted it including many orders dating from the time of the Guru's such as Damdami Taksal, Budha Dal, Nirmalas and others.

[edit] Months of the Nanakshahi calendar

The months in the Nanakshahi calendar are:^[1]

No.	Name	Punjabi	Days	Julian Months
1	Chet	ਚੇਤ	31	March - April
2	Vaisakh	ਵੈਸਾਖ	31	April - May
3	Jeth	ਜੇਠ	31	May - June
4	Harh	ਹਾੜ	31	June - July
5	Sawan	ਸਾਵਣ	31	July - August
6	Bhadon	ਭਾਦੋਂ	30	August - September
7	Assu	ਅੱਸੂ	30	September - October
8	Katak	ਕੱਤਕ	30	October - November
9	Maghar	ਮੱਘਰ	30	November - December
10	Poh	ਪੋਹ	30	December - January
11	Magh	ਮਾਘ	30	January - February
12	Phagun	ਫੱਗਣ	30/31	February - March

[edit] Nanakshahi Calendar

Important Events	Nanakshahi Date	Common Era Calendar
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Sikh Guru	23 Poh	5 Jan
Birth of Guru Har Rai, the seventh Sikh	19 Magh	31 Jan
Guru Har Rai becomes the seventh Guru of the Sikhs Nanakshahi New Year commences Hola Mohalla festival	1 Chet	14 Mar
Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh Guru, passes away	6 Chet	19 Mar
Birth of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism Vaisakhi, the ordination of the Khalsa	1 Vaisakh	14 Apr
Guru Angad, the second Sikh Guru, passes away	3 Vaisakh	16 Apr
Guru Amar Das becomes the third Guru of the Sikhs	3 Vaisakh	16 Apr
Guru Harkrishan, the eighth Guru of the Sikhs, passes away	3 Vaisakh	16 Apr
Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes the Ninth Guru of the Sikhs	3 Vaisakh	16 Apr
Birth of Guru Angad, the second Sikh Guru	5 Vaisakh	18 Apr
Birth of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru of the Sikhs	5 Vaisakh	18 Apr
Birth of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru	19 Vaisakh	2 May
Birth of Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh Guru	9 Jeth	23 May
Guru Hargobind becomes the sixth Guru of the Sikhs	28 Jeth	11 Jun
Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, in martyred by Chandu Shah in Lahore	2 Harh	16 Jun
Birth of Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh Guru	21 Harh	5 Jul
Guru Hargobind Sahib	6 Sawan	21 Jul
Guru Harkrishan Sahib	8 Sawan	23 Jul
Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Scripture, is installed at the Golden Temple for the first time	17 Bhadon	1 Sep
Guru Amar Das, the third Guru of the Sikhs, passes away	2 Asu	16 Sep
Guru Ram Das becomes the fourth Guru of the Sikhs	2 Asu	16 Sep
Guru Ram Das, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs, passes away	2 Asu	16 Sep
Guru Arjan becomes the fifth Guru of the Sikhs	2 Asu	16 Sep
Guru Angad becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs	4 Asu	18 Sep
Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs, passes away	8 Asu	22 Sep
Birth of Guru Ram Das, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs	25 Asu	9 Oct
Guru Har Rai, the seventh Guru of the Sikhs, passes away	6 Katik	20 Oct
Guru Harkrishan becomes the eighth Guru of the Sikhs	6 Katik	20 Oct
Sovereignty of the Sikh Scripture (Guru Granth Sahib) declared as the Guru for all times to come by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Sikh Guru	6 Katik	20 Oct
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, passes away	7 Katik	21 Oct
Guru Gobind Singh becomes the tenth Guru of the Sikhs	11 Maghar	24 Nov
Guru Tegh Bahadur martyred in Delhi by Aurangzeb for defending the oppressed	11 Maghar	24 Nov
Ajit Singh, and Jujhar Singh,the two elder sons of Guru Gobind Singh, martyred in the battle of Chamkaur	8 Poh	21 Dec
Zorawar Singh, and Fateh Singh, the two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh, executed in Sirhind	13 Poh	26 Dec