Harh

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Harh (the Guru calls this month "Aasaarh") is the fourth month in the Nanakshahi calendar. This month coincides with June/July of the Western/Georgian/Julian Calendar and is 31 days in length. The month begin on June 15 and ends on July 15. On July 16, begins the fifth month in the Sikh Calendar called Sawan. During this month, in Punjab, the land of the Sikh Gurus the season is summer and the climate is hot to very hot. Most westerns will have left the area as the temperature are in the high 30 degree centigrade.

During this month, the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan was martyred by the Mughals.

Important Events during this month

June

11 Gur Gadi Guru Hargobind Ji / 28 Jeth

15 = 1 Harh

16 Shaheedi Guru Arjan Dev Ji / 2 Harh

July

2 Foundation of Sri Akal Takhat / 18 Harh

5 Birth Guru Hargobind Ji / 21 Harh

16 = 1 Sawan

The Month of Aasaarh (Harh)

from SGGS page 134

ਆਸਾੜੁ ਤਪੰਦਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਲਗੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਹੁ ਨ ਜਿੰਨਾ ਪਾਸਿ ॥
ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਕੈ ਮਾਣਸ ਸੰਦੀ ਆਸ ॥
ਦੁਯੈ ਭਾਇ ਵਿਗੁਚੀਐ ਗਲਿ ਪਈਸੁ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਫਾਸ ॥
ਜੇਹਾ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਲੁਣੈ ਮਥੈ ਜੋ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥
ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਣੀ ਪਛੁਤਾਣੀ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੀ ਗਈ ਨਿਰਾਸ ॥
ਜਿਨ ਕੌ ਸਾਧੂ ਭੇਟੀਐ ਸੋ ਦਰਗਹ ਹੋਇ ਖਲਾਸੁ ॥
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਆਪਣੀ ਤੇਰੇ ਦਰਸਨ ਹੋਇ ਪਿਆਸ ॥
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੀ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥
ਆਸਾੜੁ ਸੁਹੰਦਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਲਗੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥5॥

aasaarr thapa(n)dhaa this lagai har naahu n ji(n)naa paas ||
jagajeevan purakh thiaag kai maanas sa(n)dhee aas ||
dhuyai bhaae vigucheeai gal pees jam kee faas ||
jaehaa beejai so lunai mathhai jo likhiaas ||
rain vihaanee pashhuthaanee out(h) chalee gee niraas ||
jin ka saadhhoo bhaetteeai so dharageh hoe khalaas ||
kar kirapaa prabh aapanee thaerae dharasan hoe piaas ||
prabh thudhh bin dhoojaa ko nehee naanak kee aradhaas ||
aasaarr suha(n)dhaa this lagai jis man har charan nivaas ||5||

The month of Aasaarh seems burning hot, to those who are not close to their Husband Lord.
They have forsaken God the Primal Being, the Life of the World, and they have come to rely upon mere mortals.
In the love of duality, the soul-bride is ruined; around her neck she wears the noose of Death.
As you plant, so shall you harvest; your destiny is recorded on your forehead.
The life-night passes away, and in the end, one comes to regret and repent, and then depart with no hope at all.
Those who meet with the Holy Saints are liberated in the Court of the Lord.
Show Your Mercy to me, O God; I am thirsty for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.
Without You, God, there is no other at all. This is Nanak's humble prayer.
The month of Aasaarh is pleasant, when the Feet of the Lord abide in the mind. ||5||
SGGS page 134

Links

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• www.sikhspirit.com
• www.sikhitothemax.com SGGS Page 133
• www.srigranth.org SGGS Page 133
• www.sikhcoalition.org

• June:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11 Gur Gadi Guru Hargobind	12	13	14
15 New month Harh	16 Shaheedi Guru Arjan Dev	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30					June 2008

• July:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
July 2008		1	2 Foundation of Sri Akal Takhat	3	4	5 Birth Guru Hargobind
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 New month Saawan	17	18	19
20	21	22	23 Birth Guru Har Krishan	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31		July 2008

These are the Twelve Months of the Nanakshahi Calendar

1 Chet | 2 Vaisakh | 3 Jeth | 4 Harh | 5 Sawan | 6 Bhadon | 7 Assu | 8 Katak | 9 Maghar | 10 Poh | 11 Magh | 12 Phagun