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 |