Nanakshahi calendar
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The Nanakshahi calendar is a solar calendar used in Sikhism to determine the dates of religious festivals and commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nanakshahi calendar canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sikh calendar
ⓘ
religious calendar ⓘ solar calendar ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
ⓘ
surface form:
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)
|
| alignsWith |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregorian calendar
|
| basedOn | solar year ⓘ |
| classification | civil-religious calendar ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | lunisolar Bikrami calendar ⓘ |
| createdToReplace | traditional Bikrami calendar for Sikh observances ⓘ |
| epoch | year of Guru Nanak’s birth ⓘ |
| firstYearCorrespondsTo | 1469 CE ⓘ |
| follows | tropical year ⓘ |
| hasControversy | differences over adoption versus Bikrami calendar ⓘ |
| hasFeature | fixed dates for most Sikh festivals ⓘ |
| hasMonth |
Assu
ⓘ
Bhadon ⓘ Chet ⓘ Harh ⓘ Jeth ⓘ Katik ⓘ Maghi ⓘ
surface form:
Magh
Maghar ⓘ Phagun ⓘ Poh ⓘ Sawan ⓘ Boishakh ⓘ
surface form:
Vaisakh
|
| hasNewYearAround | mid-March ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMonths | 12 ⓘ |
| hasType | reform calendar ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Sikh scholar Pal Singh Purewal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Guru Nanak ⓘ |
| purpose |
to commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus
ⓘ
to determine dates of Sikh religious festivals ⓘ |
| religion | Sikhism ⓘ |
| startsInMonth | Chet ⓘ |
| timeScale | years counted as Nanakshahi years (NS) ⓘ |
| usedAt | some gurdwaras worldwide ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sikh community ⓘ |
| usedIn | Sikhism ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
India
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Punjab ⓘ |
| usedToDetermine |
Gurpurab dates
ⓘ
Martyrdom anniversaries of Sikh Gurus ⓘ Guru Nanak Gurpurab ⓘ
surface form:
Parkash Gurpurab of Guru Nanak
Vaisakhi ⓘ
surface form:
Sikh New Year
Vaisakhi date ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bandi Chhor Divas