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'{{P|File:2012NS.png|Nanakshahi Calendar 2012- click to enlarge|250}} Sikhs across the world now have their own universal calendar. The name of this new calendar is: Nanakshahi Calendar, and it takes its name from [[Guru Nanak]], founder of [[Sikhism]]. Other religions, like Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism, have long had their own calendars. But for most of its history Sikhism has used the traditional Vikrami (or Bikrami) calendar, shared by Sikhs and Hindus in North India, to set the date of its festivals. Sikhs see the adoption of the new calendar as a big step forward for Sikh identity, and one that will help dispel any suggestions that Sikhism is a branch of some other religion. * Also see [[Nanakshahi Calendar 2012]], [[543|Year 543 (2011-2012)]], [[543|Year 544 (2012-2013)]], [[Sikh Calendar]] * [http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/5/56/Nanakshahi_calendar_2012_-A4.pdf Download full Nanakshahi 2012 calendar (pdf format)] == Benefits == The new calendar will make life much easier for Sikhs as their holy days will no longer move about the calendar from year to year. [[Gurpurb]]s (celebrations devoted to particular Gurus) will now always happen on the same date, and occur once (and once only) in every year. The epoch of this calendar is the birth of the first [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Nanak Dev]] in 1469. New Year's Day falls annually on what is March 14 in the Gregorian Western calendar. The calendar doesn't fix the date of all Sikh festivals. Those Sikh festivals, which are celebrated at the same time as similar [[Hindu]] religious events, such as [[Diwali]] and [[Hola Mohalla]], will still have their dates set by the Vikrami calendar. == Features of the new calendar == * a solar calendar - based on the time it takes for the earth to rotate around the sun * called Nanakshahi after Guru Nanak (founder of Sikhism) - year one is the year of Guru Nanak's birth (1469 CE) * is scientifically design and keeps in precise tune with the sun's position; seasons do not slip from year to year! * is based on Gurbani - Months taken directly from Guru Granth sahib * year length is same as Western calendar (365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 45 seconds) * contains 5 months of 31 days followed by 6 months of 30 days; last month is either 30 or 31 in leap years. * leap year every 4 years in which the last month (Phagun) has an extra day * Fixed dates for start of each month when compared to common era calendar ==Months of the year== Below are the months of the year with the number of days in each month and the start date of the month compared to the common era calendar: {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center" |-style="background:#efefef; font-weight:bold;" |width=50px |No. |width=100px |Month Name |width=150px |Start date |width=100px |Days in month |- | 1. || [[Chet]] || 14 March || 31 |- | 2. || [[Vaisakhi]] || 14 April || 31 |- | 3. || [[Jeth]] || 15 May || 31 |- | 4. || [[Harh]] || 15 June || 31 |- | 5. || [[Sawan]] || 16 July || 31 |- | 6. || [[Bhadon]] || 16 August || 30 |- | 7. || [[Assu]] || 15 September || 30 |- | 8. || [[Katak]] || 15 October || 30 |- | 9. || [[Maghar]] || 14 November || 30 |- | 10. || [[Poh]] || 14 December || 30 |- | 11. || [[Magh]] || 13 January || 30 |- | 12. || [[Phagun]] || 12 February || 30 (31 in leap years) |} == The Calendar == The months in the Nanakshahi calendar are: {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center" !style="background:#efefef; width:10px;" |No. !style="background:#efefef; width:100px;"|Month Name !style="background:#efefef; width:100px;"|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] !style="background:#efefef; width:20px;"|Days !style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Julian Months !style="background:#efefef; width:100px;"|2006 New Month Dates |- | 1 || [[Chet]] || ਚੇਤ || 31 || March - April || 14 March |- | 2 || [[Vaisakh]] || ਵੈਸਾਖ || 31 || April - May || 14 April |- | 3 || [[Jeth]] || ਜੇਠ || 31 || May - June || 15 May |- | 4 || [[Harh]] || ਹਾੜ || 31 || June - July || 15 June |- | 5 || [[Sawan]] || ਸਾਵਣ || 31 || July - August || 16 July |- | 6 || [[Bhadon]] || ਭਾਦੋਂ || 30 || August - September || 16 August |- | 7 || [[Assu]] || ਅੱਸੂ || 30 || September - October || 15 September |- | 8 || [[Katak]] || ਕੱਤਕ || 30 || October - November || 15 October |- | 9 || [[Maghar]] || ਮੱਘਰ || 30 || November - December || 14 November |- | 10 || [[Poh]] || ਪੋਹ || 30 || December - January || 14 December |- | 11 || [[Magh]] || ਮਾਘ || 30 || January - February || 13 January |- | 12 || [[Phagun]] || ਫੱਗਣ || 30/31 || February - March || 12 February |} == Conversion to Western calendar == The following table gives the Nanakshahi calendar year and its translation to the Western calendar: {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center" !style="background:#efefef; width:100px;" |[[Nanakshahi year]] !style="background:#efefef; width:400px;"|{{w|Western calendar}} |- | [[550]] || 14 March 2018 to 13 March 2019 |- | [[549]] || 14 March 2017 to 13 March 2018 |- | [[548]] || 14 March 2016 to 13 March 2017 |- | [[547]] || 14 March 2015 to 13 March 2016 |- | [[546]] || 14 March 2014 to 13 March 2015 |- | [[545]] || 14 March 2013 to 13 March 2014 |- | [[544]] || 14 March 2012 to 13 March 2013 |- | [[543]] || 14 March 2011 to 13 March 2012 |- | [[542]] || 14 March 2010 to 13 March 2011 |- | [[541]] || 14 March 2009 to 13 March 2010 |- | [[540]] || 14 March 2008 to 13 March 2009 |- | [[530]] || 14 March 1998 to 13 March 1999 |- | [[520]] || 14 March 1988 to 13 March 1989 |- | [[510]] || 14 March 1978 to 13 March 1979 |- | [[500]] || 14 March 1968 to 13 March 1969 |- | [[401]] || 14 March 1869 to 13 March 1870 |- | [[301]] || 14 March 1769 to 13 March 1770 |- | [[231]] || 14 March 1699 to 13 March 1700 |- | [[201]] || 14 March 1669 to 13 March 1670 |- | [[101]] || 14 March 1569 to 13 March 1570 |- | [[1]] || 14 March 1469 to 13 March 1470 |} ==Calendar creator== The Nanakshahi Calendar was developed by a Canadian Sikh, Pal Singh Purewal, a retired computer engineer. He started work on the new calendar in the 1960s. Purewal believes that having a unique calendar is vital for the integrity of the Sikh religion. ''"All communities and faiths have their own calendar as a mark of their distinct cultural identity. Just as the Islamic world has the Hijri calendar and Hindus have Vikrami calendar, the Sikhs will have a Nanakshahi calendar along with the common era (CE) calendar which is in use throughout the world".'' Pal Singh Purewal Acknowledgement and many thanks to: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/features/calendar/ www.bbc.co.uk] == Comments by S. Pal Singh Purewal == === The Problem === Nanakshahi Samat is linked with the Bikrami Samat. Its tithis (sudist vadis) and sangrands are exactly the same as those of the Bikrami Samat. Therefore, it suffers from all the shortcomings of that Samat. The problems with the Bikrami Samat, and with other samats linked to it are as follows: 1. The length of the solar year of the Bikrami Samat does not conform to the tropical year length. The Bikrami year is sidereal year of 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes and 10 seconds. The tropical year on which the Common Era calendar is based, has its length as 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds. If the months of any given Era are to recur consistently in the same seasons, then the year length has to be that of the tropical year. This difference of 20 minutes or so in the two types of years is because of the precession of equinoxes, the yearly retrograde motion of the first point of Aries of the ecliptic. Over a period of time, this difference builds up, and shows in those calendars, which are not based on the tropical year. The seasons in relation to the months begin shifting. This is the reason why Vaisakhi has shifted by 8-9 days from 1469 CE to the present times. The Vaisakhi dates for certain epochs are as follows : ===CE Year Vaisakhi Date=== *1000 22nd March *1469 27th March *1699 29th March *1752 29th March *1753 9th April (due to change from Julian to Gregorian Calendar) *1799 10th April *1899 12th April *1999 14th April *2100 15th April If Nanakshahi calendar is not de-linked from the Bikrami calendar, this shift will continue, and in 13,000 years Vaisakhi would occur in the middle of October. The seasons will be opposite to those, which are mentioned in the Barah Maha Majh, and Tukhari Banis. 2. The days in the months are not fixed. The number can vary from 31-32 days for the summer months and from 29-30 days for winter months. The rules for determination of Sankrantis, beginning of the months, is complicated and public have to rely on Jantri publishers for such a simple thing as the beginning of a month. 3. The lunar portion of the calendar, according to which most of the religious festivals are fixed, has its share of peculiarities. Since it is based on 12 months of the lunar cycle (full moon to full moon or new moon to new moon), its year length is about 11 days shorter than that of the solar year. Therefore, its year begins 11 days earlier in the following year in relation to the solar year. This is why the Gurpurb dates shift by about 11 days from one year to the other. This is not the end. To keep the lunar year in step with the solar year, every two or three years an extra month is added to the lunar year. This month is called malmas or intercalary month. That lunar year contains 384 or so days. This makes the Gurpurb dates to occur by about 18 or 19 days later when such a month is introduced. The month of Jeth that will occur in 1999 CE will be intercalated, i.e., there would be two months of Jeth, one Sudha and the other Mal. In the malmas or the extra month religious festivals are not celebrated. This is quite a complicated set up, and is also contrary to the philosophy of Gurbani according to which no month in itself is good or bad. The festivals and Gurpurbs that are celebrated according to the lunar calendar are called movable, and those that are celebrated according to the solar calendar are called fixed. The movable festivals are called as such, because their dates are not fixed in relation to the solar year. From year to year they occur on different dates of the solar year, though their lunar date is the same every year. Gurpurbs of the ten Patshahis are all movable. Vaisakhi and Maghi are fixed festivals. An example of movable celebration is the Parkash Gurpurb of Guru Gobind Singh. It is celebrated on the 7th day of the bright half of the lunar month of Poh (Sudi 7). This lunar date occurs on the following dates of the Common Era and Bikrami Era (solar) during the following eleven years: ====CE Date Bikrami Date==== *24th Dec., 1990 10th Poh, 2047 12th Jan., 1992 28th Poh, 2048 *31st Dec., 1992 17th Poh, 2049 19th Jan., 1994 6th Magh, 2050 *7th Jan., 1995 24th Poh, 2051 28th Dec., 1995 13th Poh, 2052 *15th Jan., 1997 3rd Magh, 2053 5th Jan., 1998 22nd Poh, 2054 *25th Dec., 1998 11th Poh, 2055 14th Jan., 2000 1st Magh, 2056 This Gurpurb did not occur in the CE years 1991, 1993 and 1996. It will not occur in the year 1999 (the year of 300th anniversary of the creation of the Khalsa). It occurred twice in 1992 and 1995; and it will occur twice in 1998. According to the Bikrami calendar (solar) the date of Parkash of Guru Ji is 23rd Poh, 1723 BK. During the above period Gurpurb does not occur on that date. Rather, it occurs in the month of Magh in three years. == Suggested Reform == A committee, under the aegis of the Institute of Sikh Studies Chandigarh, was formed to study this problem. This committee held meetings at Chandigarh and formulated proposals. These were formally accepted, in principle, in a larger meeting in which about 40 eminent scholars, from universities and other institutions, participated. The main proposals given below were submitted to the S.G.P.C.: a) Length of the solar year in the Nanakshahi Samat should conform to the more accurate tropical year, instead of the sidereal year, currently being followed. b) Begin the year from the month of Chet - as in the Baramahas. ===Days in Month fixed=== c) Fix the number of days in the months as follows: The number of days in each of the 12 months is fixed from one year to the next apart from the month of [[Phagun]] which is 30 days long normally but is 31 days in leap years. The first 5 months of the [[Nanakshahi year]] are each 31 days and the following 6 months are each 30 days long. The final month is [[Phagun]] which can be 30 or 31 days. {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center" !style="background:#efefef; width:10px;" |# !style="background:#efefef; width:100px;"|Month !style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|Days |- |1. || Chet || 31 |- |2. || Vaisakh || 31 |- |3. || Jeth || 31 |- |4. || Harh || 31 |- |5. || Savan || 31 |- |6. || Bhadon || 30 |- |7. || Asu || 30 |- |8. || Katik || 30 |- |9. || Maghar || 30 |- |10. || Poh || 30 |- |11. || Magh || 30 |- |12. || [[Phagun]] || 30/31 |} ===Beginning of Months fixed=== d) Fix the beginning of the months in relation to the Common Era calendar as follows: {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center" !style="background:#efefef; width:100px;" |Month !style="background:#efefef; width:100px;"|Begins On |- |[[Chet]] ||14th March |- |[[Vaisakh]] ||14th April |- |[[Jeth]] ||15th May |- |[[Harh]] ||15th June |- |[[Sawan]] ||16th July |- |[[Bhadon]] ||16th August |- |[[Asu]] ||15th September |- |[[Katik]] ||15th October |- |[[Maghar]] ||14th November |- |[[Poh]] ||14th December |- |[[Magh]] ||13th January |- |[[Phagun]] ||12th February |} With the above scheme, any given date of any month of the Nanakshahi calendar will always occur on the same date of the Common Era calendar, except in the month of Phagun in a leap year when the corresponding dates of Phagun from March 1 to March 13 will differ by 1 day from those of the same month in non- leap years. This is a simple scheme, easier to remember; and the calendar is good forever so that a particular month will have the same season always. ===Gurpurbs to follow solar dates=== e) Celebrate the Gurpurbs according to the solar dates, and not according to the sudis and vadis of the lunar calendar. Vaisakhi, Maghi, and shaheedi purbs of Sahibzadas are already being celebrated according to the solar dates. If all Gurpurbs were celebrated according to the solar dates, then no complicated calculations for fixing the dates would be required. For example, the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji is: *Poh Sudi 7, 1723 Bikrami (Lunar Calendar) *23rd Poh, 1723 Bikrami (Solar Calendar) *22nd December, 1666 CE (Common Era) If the Gurpurb is celebrated according to the solar date of Guru Ji's birth on 23rd Poh instead of Poh Sudi 7, then this date will always occur on 5th January each year according to the Nanakshahi Calendar, with proposed reforms. ===Gurpurbs=== f) The list of Gurpurbs according to the solar dates is as follows : {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center" |- style="background:#efefef;font-weight:bold;" |width=250px| Guru/Event |width=150px| Birthdate |width=150px| Gurgaddi Date |width=150px| Jyoti Jot Date |- |Guru Nanak Dev ||19 Katak (2 Nov) ||from Birth ||8 Asu (22 Sept.) |- |Guru Angad Dev ||5 Vaisakh (18 April) ||4 Asu ( 18 Sep.) ||3 Vaisakh (16 April) |- |Guru Amar Das ||9 Jeth (23 May) ||3 Vaisakh (16 Apr.) ||2 Asu (16 Sep.) |- |Guru Ram Das ||25 Asu (9 Oct.) ||2 Asu (16 Sep.) ||2 Asu (16 Sep.) |- |Guru Arjun Dev ||19 Vaisakh (2 May) ||2 Asu (16 Sep.) ||2 Harh (16 June) |- |Guru Hargobind ||21 Harh (5 July) ||28 Jeth (11 June) ||6 Chet (19 March) |- |Guru Har Rai ||19 Magh (31 Jan.) ||29 Phagun (12/11Mar) ||6 Katak (20 Oct.) |- |Guru Har Krishan ||8 Savan (23 July) ||6 Katak (20 Oct.) ||3 Vaisakh (16 April) |- |Guru Teg Bahadur ||5 Vaisakh (18 April) ||3 Vaisakh (16 Apr.) ||11 Maghar (24 Nov.) |- |Guru Gobind Singh ||23 Poh (5 Jan) ||11 Maghar (24 Nov) ||7 Katak (21 Oct.) |- |Completion of Guru Granth Sahib Ji: |colspan=3|1 Bhadon (16 August) |- |First Parkash Guru Granth Sahib Ji: |colspan=3|17 Bhadon (1 September) |- |Gurgaddi Guru Granth Sahib Ji: |colspan=3|6 Katik (20 October) |- |Creation of the Khalsa: |colspan=3|1 Vaisakh (14 April) |- |Hola Mohalla (New Year Day): |colspan=3|1 Chet (14 March) |} It must be noted that the dates given above in the Nanakshahi calendar are the original dates of the solar Bikrami year. The corresponding dates of the Common Era are those of the Gregorian Calendar that is now in use in most countries of the world along with local calendars. The conversion to the Common Era dates has been done not according to the Bikrami Calendar, but according to the proposed modified Nanakshahi Samat. The Bikrami calendar has an error of 1 day in about 71 years. The proposed Nanakshahi calendar will reduce this error to one day in about 3,300 years, but in the case of Nanakshahi calendar this error will automatically be corrected, whenever the correction to the Common Era calendar is made. The new Nanakshahi calendar is simple, rational, more accurate than the Bikrami calendar, and conforms to Gurbani. Sankrantis will occur on the same dates in the CE year, every year. All Gurpurbs will also occur on the same dates every year, with one exception noted above. There will not be any need to consult Jantri publishers to find out when a Gurpurb is to occur. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee made announcement in October 1997, that S.G.P.C. would adopt this calendar and implement it in the historic year of 1999 CE, when Khalsa Panth celebrates its tercentenary. Many thanks to: [http://allaboutsikhs.com/dates/nanakshahi_01.htm allaboutsikhs.com] ==Dates for the three '''moveable events'''== {{moveable dates}} ==Nanakshahi Calendar== {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" |- style="background:#efefef;font-weight:bold;" |width=700px|Important Events |width=70px|Nanakshahi Date |width=40px|Common Era Calendar |- |Birth of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the Tenth [[Sikh Guru]] ||23 [[Poh]] ||5 Jan |- |Birth of [[Guru Har Rai]], the seventh Sikh ||19 [[Magh]] ||31 Jan |- |[[Nanakshahi]] New Year commences and [[Guru Har Rai]] becomes the seventh Guru of the Sikhs and [[Hola Mohalla]] festival||1 [[Chet]] ||14 Mar |- |[[Guru Hargobind]], the sixth Sikh Guru, passes away ||6 Chet ||19 Mar |- |the ordination of the [[Khalsa]] ||1 [[Vaisakh]] ||14 Apr |- |[[Guru Angad]], the second Sikh Guru, passes away ||3 [[Vaisakh]] ||16 Apr |- |[[Guru Amar Das]] becomes the third Guru of the Sikhs ||3 [[Vaisakh]] ||16 Apr |- |[[Guru Harkrishan]], the eighth Guru of the Sikhs, passes away ||3 [[Vaisakh]] ||16 Apr |- |[[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] becomes the Ninth Guru of the Sikhs ||3 [[Vaisakh]] ||16 Apr |- |Birth of [[Guru Angad]], the second Sikh Guru ||5 [[Vaisakh]] ||18 Apr |- |Birth of [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], the ninth Sikh Guru of the Sikhs ||5 [[Vaisakh]] ||18 Apr |- |Birth of [[Guru Arjan]], the fifth Sikh Guru ||19 [[Vaisakh]] ||2 May |- |Birth of [[Guru Amar Das]], the third Sikh Guru ||9 [[Jeth]] ||23 May |- |[[Guru Hargobind]] becomes the sixth Guru of the Sikhs ||28 [[Jeth]] ||11 Jun |- |[[Guru Arjan]], the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, in martyred by [[Chandu Shah]] in Lahore ||2 [[Harh]] ||16 Jun |- |Birth of [[Guru Hargobind]], the sixth Sikh Guru ||21 [[Harh]] ||5 Jul |- |[[Guru Hargobind]] Sahib ||6 [[Sawan]] ||21 Jul |- |[[Guru Harkrishan]] Sahib ||8 [[Sawan]] ||23 Jul |- |[[Guru Granth Sahib]], the [[Sikh scripture]], is installed at the [[Golden Temple]] for the first time ||17 [[Paadao]] ||1 Sep |- |[[Guru Amar Das]], the third Guru of the Sikhs, passes away ||2 [[Asu]] ||16 Sep |- |[[Guru Ram Das]] becomes the fourth Guru of the Sikhs ||2 [[Asu]] ||16 Sep |- |[[Guru Ramdas]], the fourth Guru of the Sikhs, passes away ||2 [[Asu]] ||16 Sep |- |[[Guru Arjan]] becomes the fifth Guru of the Sikhs ||2 [[Asu]] ||16 Sep |- |[[Guru Angad]] becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs ||4 [[Asu]] ||18 Sep |- |[[Guru Nanak]], the first Guru of the Sikhs, passes away ||8 [[Asu]] ||22 Sep |- |Birth of [[Guru Ramdas]], the fourth Guru of the Sikhs ||25 [[Asu]] ||9 Oct |- |[[Guru Har Rai]], the seventh Guru of the Sikhs, passes away ||6 [[Katak]] ||20 Oct |- |[[Guru Harkrishan]] becomes the eighth Guru of the Sikhs ||6 [[Katak]] ||20 Oct |- |Sovereignty of the [[Sikh Scripture]] ([[Guru Granth Sahib]]) declared as the Guru for all times to come by [[Guru Gobind Singh]], the tenth and the last Sikh Guru ||6 [[Katak]] ||20 Oct |- |[[Guru Gobind Singh]], the tenth Sikh Guru, passes away ||7 [[Katak]] ||21 Oct |- |Birth of [[Guru Nanak]], the first [[Sikh Guru]] and the founder of [[Sikhism]] || 19 [[Katak]] ||2 Nov |- |[[Guru Gobind Singh]] becomes the tenth Guru of the Sikhs ||11 [[Maghar]] ||24 Nov |- |[[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] martyred in [[Delhi]] by [[Aurangzeb]] for defending the oppressed ||11 [[Maghar]] ||24 Nov |- |[[Sahibzada Ajit Singh]] and [[Sahibzada Jujhar Singh]], the two elder sons of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], martyred in the [[battle of Chamkaur]] ||8 [[Poh]] ||21 Dec |- |[[Sahibzada Zorawar Singh]] and [[Sahibzada Fateh Singh]], the two younger sons of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], executed in [[Sirhind]] ||13 [[Poh]] ||26 Dec |} ==Other matters== June 4 is noted as the anniversary of the attack on the [[Akal Takht]], and June 6 as the "martyrdom" of Sant Baba Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. It also lists as "martyrdom days" the death anniversary of the two assassins of the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. ==Gallery== <gallery caption="Nanakshahi Calendar Gallery 2007-2010" widths="220px" heights="300px" perrow="4"> File:Calender07-m.jpg|<center>2007-8 - ''click to enlarge''</center> File:Calender08-m.jpg|<center>2008-9 - ''click to enlarge''</center> Image:2007 ggs calendar.jpg|<center>2009-10 - ''click to enlarge''</center> File:Nanakshahi Calendar 542.jpg|<center>2010-11 - ''click to enlarge''</center> </gallery> ==See also== * [[Nanakshahi calendar]] * [[Nanakshahi Calendar 2012]] * [[Sikh Calendar]] * [[Gregorian Calendar]] * [[Forthcoming Events]] * [[Timeline of Sikhism]] * [[History]] * [[History of Punjab]] * [[Baramaha Calendar-Punjab and Sind Bank]] * [[Bara Maha]] ==External links== * [http://purewal.biz/ Pal Singh Purewal's website] * [http://www.singhsabha.com/Nanakshahi%20Calendar.htm Nanakshahi Calendar 2003] * [https://nanakshahi.sarabveer.me/ Nanakshahi Day] * [http://www.sikhnet.com/news/easily-add-sikh-dates-your-calendar Add these calendar dates to your eCalendar/Email] * [http://www.sgpc.net/files/Nanakshahi%2520Claender542.pdf Download Nanakshahi 542 (2010-11) calendar] * [http://www.sikhcoalition.org/SikhismCalendar1.asp sikhcoalition.org] * [http://www.sikhcoalition.org/SikhismCalendar.asp Sikhism calendar] * [http://www.sikhcoalition.org/SikhismCalendar3.asp Birth Date of Guru Nanak Sahib] * [http://www.sgpc.net/festivals/nanakshahi.asp SGPC Nanakshahi Calendar] * [http://www.sikhnet.com/news/easily-add-sikh-dates-your-calendar Add Nanakshai Calendar to your eCalendar/Email] * [http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/fpmgv3s5332gidibn815q5dv8o%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics Nanakshahi calendar in Google] ===Videos=== * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89lWZWF1N4E Pal Singh Purewal with Prof Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal - Part 1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjxe6gItNM4 - Part 2] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEjVUptTY7s - Part 3] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyaJNs4Dxs - Part 4] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K9GBITLp5I - Part 5] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br9zjiaJZT8 - Part 6] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWERvN78zyE - Part 7] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R45IhMW4jZ0 - Part 8] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgs9DTW6ez0 Pal Singh Purewal 9 Autobiography] * [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Nanakshahi+Calendar&oq=Nanakshahi+Calendar&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=12473l12473l0l13819l1l1l0l0l0l0l145l145l0.1l1l0 You Tube search Nanakshahi calendar] ===Controversy about the calendar 2011-2012 === * [http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/1265/lobbying-continues-against-changes-nanakshahi-calendar Lobbying Continues Against Changes to Nanakshahi Calendar] * [http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/561849/ Nanakshahi calendar: Jathedars adopt changes, final call by SGPC] {{SikhCalendar}} [[File:2012NS.png|800px]] [[Category:Glossary of Sikh Terms]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Sikh Philosophy]] [[Category:Calendar]] [[Category:Nanakshahi]]'