Sikh Month | Begins |
Chet | March 14 |
Vaisakh | April 14 |
Jeth | May 15 |
Harh | June 15 |
Sawan | July 16 |
Bhadon | August 16 |
Asu | September 15 |
Katik | October 15 |
Maghar | November 14 |
Poh | December 14 |
Magh | January 13 |
Phagan | February 12 |
Sikh Events By Date
Nanakshahi | Gregorian | Event |
Chet 1 | March 14 | Accession of Guru Har Rai & Nanakshahi New Year Day |
Chet 6 | March 19 | Guru Hargobind left this world |
Vaisakh 3 | April 16 | Guru Angad Dev left this world |
Vaisakh 5 | April 18 | Birth of Guru Angad Dev |
Vaisakh 19 | May 2 | Birth of Guru Arjan Dev |
Jeth 9 | May 23 | Birth of Guru Amar Das |
Jeth 28 | June 11 | Accession of Guru Hargobind |
Harh 2 | June 16 | Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, burnt alive at the stake. Kachi lassi (sweetened milk) is offered to the thirsty passers-by to commemorate his exit from this world. |
Harh 21 | July 5 | Birth of Guru Hargobind |
Sawan 8 | July 23 | Birth of Guru Harkrishan |
Bhadon 17 | September 1 | Installation of the Guru Granth Sahib (holy book of the Sikhs) in the Golden Temple by Guru Arjan Dev |
Asu 2 | September 16 | Guru Amar Das left this world |
Asu 4 | September 18 | Accession of Guru Angad Dev |
Asu 8 | September 22 | Guru Nanak Dev left this world |
Asu 25 | October 9 | Birth of Guru Ram Das |
Katik 6 | October 20 | Installation of the Guru Granth Sahib (holy book of the Sikhs) as eternal Guru |
Katik 7 | October 21 | Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh at Nanded. |
Maghar 11 | November 24 | Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur, beheaded in Delhi by the Moghul emperor. |
Poh 23 | January 5 | Birth of Guru Gobind Singh in Patna. He created the Khalsa (Sikh Brotherhood) and made it mandatory for them to have the five Ks - Kesh (hair), Kripan (dagger), Kada (bracelet), Kangha (comb) and Kachcha (underwear). During his time the warrior/yogi Maadhav Das, later known as Banda Bairagi successfully fought the Moghuls and finally died a martyr. Gobind Singh was a poet and archer and knew Persian, Arabic and Punjabi as well as Samskrit and Hindi, |
Magh 19 | January 31 | Birth of Guru Har Rai |
Other Observances |
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Vaisakh 1 | April 14 | The Creation of the Khalsa (Sikh brotherhood, "the pure") |
Poh 1 | December 21 | Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh's Elder Sons, Ajit and Jujhar |
Poh 13 | December 26 | Martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh's Younger Sons |