10 Facts About Nanakshahi calendar

Nanakshahi calendar is a tropical solar calendar used in Sikhism.

The reference epoch of the Nanakshahi calendar is the birth of Guru Nanak Dev, corresponding to the year 1469 CE.

Traditionally, both these calendars closely followed the Bikrami calendar with the Nanakshahi year beginning on Katak Pooranmashi and the Khalsa year commencing with Vaisakhi.

The Nanakshahi calendar was re-released in 2003 by the SGPC with three dates: Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Birth, Holla Mohalla, and Bandi Chhor Divas kept movable as per the old Bikrami system as a compromise.

The Nanakshahi calendar was implemented during the SGPC presidency of Sikh scholar Prof.

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The Mool Nanakshahi Calendar recognizes the adoption event, of 1999 CE, in the Sikh history when SGPC released the first calendar with permanently fixed dates in the Tropical Calendar.

Therefore, the calculations of this Nanakshahi calendar do not regress back from 1999 CE into the Bikrami era, and accurately fixes for all time in the future.

However, the first date of the Nanakshahi calendar is based upon the Barah Maha of the Guru Granth Sahib, which has Chet as the first month.

SGPC released a Nanakshahi calendar that was close to this one on the 300th year of Khalsa's Creation in 1999.

The Mool Nanakshahi Calendar continues to gather support across the world as Sikhs yearn to follow fixed dates which are an accurate historical representation of the Sikh History and an attempt at adding integrity to the Sikh identity.