Religion:Vaisakh
Vaisakh (Shahmukhi: وساکھ; Gurmukhi: ਵਿਸਾਖ, pa) is the first month in the Punjabi calendar and the second month of the Nanakshahi calendar.[1] The month begins on April 14, after Chet, and ends on May 5th, with Jeth I following.[2]
This month coincides with April and May in the Gregorian calendar and to Vaisakha in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar; it comprises the time of crop-harvesting in the Punjab region.
Vaisakhi is the most important festival in the Sikh calendar, taking place on the first lunar month of Vaisakh, which falls on 14 April each year. On this day, the Khalsa was created and much celebration takes place in the form of Samagams, Nagar Kirtan, Gatka exhibitions, Akand Paths and so on. Chet is the first month of the Nanakshahi calendar, however the Punjabi peasantry celebrate their new year on Vaisakh 1 on April 14th as it is when their harvest is due.[3]
On the 16th of this month, Guru Angad and Guru Har Krishan took leave for their higher abode and passed the Guruship to Guru Amar Das and Guru Tegh Bahadur respectively. Moreover, on the 18th, the Sikhs celebrate the birthday of Guru Angad Dev (the second Sikh Guru) and Guru Tegh Bahadur (the ninth Sikh Guru).
Important events during this month
April
- 14 April (1 Vaisakh) - Vaisakhi (see above)
Ji
- 15 April (2 Vaisakh) - Joti Jot of Guru Angad Dev
- 16 April (3 Vaisakh) - Joti Jot of Guru Angad Dev
- 16 April (3 Vaisakh) - Gur Gadi of Guru Amar Das Ji
- 16 April (3 Vaisakh) - Joti Jot Guru Har Krishan Ji
- 16 April (3 Vaisakh) - Gur Gadi of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
- 18 April (5 Vaisakh) - Birth of Guru Angad Dev Ji
- 18 April (5 Vaisakh) - Birth of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
May
- 2 May (19 Vaisakh) - Birth of Guru Arjan Dev Ji
- 15 May (1 Jeth) - The end of the month Vaisakh and the start of Jeth
Sources
See also
- Vaisakha
References
- ↑ Mishra, Vinod K. (2020). "4.3 The Nanakshahi Calendar (Tropical-Solar) - Months of Nanakshahi Calendar". Calendars of India. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 34–35. ISBN 9788120842762.
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon, ed (Sep 13, 2011). "The Nanakshahi Calendar of the Sikhs". Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 162–163. ISBN 9781598842067.
- ↑ Fenech, Louis E.; McLeod, W. H. (Jun 11, 2014). "NANAKSHAHI CALENDAR". Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 223–224. ISBN 9781442236011.
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