Important events |
Nanakshahi date |
Gregorian date |
♦Birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Sikh Guru | 23 Poh | 5 Jan |
Birth of Guru Har Rai, the seventh Sikh Guru | 19 Magh | 31 Jan |
Guru Har Rai becomes the seventh Guru of the Sikhs ♦Nanakshahi New Year commences ♦Hola Mohalla festival | 1 Chet | 14 Mar |
Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh Guru, dies | 6 Chet | 19 Mar |
♦The ordination of the Khalsa ♦Birth of Guru Nanak | 1 Vaisakh | 14 Apr |
Guru Angad, the second Sikh Guru, dies | 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, dies | 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 Bhadon | 1 Sep |
Guru Amar Das, the third Guru of the Sikhs, dies | 2 Assu | 16 Sep |
Guru Ram Das becomes the fourth Guru of the Sikhs | 2 Assu | 16 Sep |
Guru Ram Das, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs, dies | 2 Assu | 16 Sep |
Guru Arjan becomes the fifth Guru of the Sikhs | 2 Assu | 16 Sep |
Guru Angad becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs | 4 Assu | 18 Sep |
Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs, dies | 8 Assu | 22 Sep |
Birth of Guru Ram Das, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs | 25 Assu | 9 Oct |
Guru Har Rai, the seventh Guru of the Sikhs, dies | 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, dies | 7 Katak | 21 Oct |
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 |
Ajit Singh, and Jujhar Singh,the two elder sons of Guru Gobind Singh, martyred in the battle of Chamkaur | 8 Poh | 21 Dec |
Zorawar Singh, and Fateh Singh, the two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh, executed in Sirhind | 13 Poh | 26 Dec |