Punjabi calendar
The Punjabi Calendar, Pakistani Seasonal Calendar or the Desi Calendar (Punjabi:پنجابی کیلنڈر) is a Solar calendar used by the Punjabi people of Pakistan. The Punjabi new year starts on the first of Vaisakh month. Punjabi Sikhs in India use the Nanakshahi calendar, which is a variant of this calendar.
Punjabi calendar for the year 1963. This corresponds with the year 1382-83 of the Islamic era (hijri) and 2019-20 of the Sikh era (bikrami), as the calendar indicates.
The Punjabi Muslims in Pakistan also use the Islamic Hijri calendar.[1] Some festivals in Punjab, Pakistan are determined by the Punjabi calendar,[2] such as Muharram which is celebrated twice, once according to the Muslim year and again on the 10th of harh/18th of jeth.[3] The Bikrami calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Punjab, Pakistan.[4][note 1]
Months (solar)
| No. | Name | Punjabi Shahmukhi | Western months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chet | چیت | Mid March – Mid April |
| 2 | Vaisakh | وساکھ | Mid April – Mid May |
| 3 | Jeth | جیٹھ | Mid May – Mid June |
| 4 | Harh | ہاڑھ | Mid June – Mid July |
| 5 | Sawan | ساؤݨ | Mid July – Mid August |
| 6 | Bhadon | بھادوں | Mid August – Mid September |
| 7 | Assu | اسو | Mid September – Mid October |
| 8 | Kattak | کتک | Mid October – Mid November |
| 9 | Magghar | مگھر | Mid November – Mid December |
| 10 | Poh | پوہ | Mid December – Mid January |
| 11 | Magh | ماگھ | Mid January – Mid February |
| 12 | Phaggan | پھگݨ | Mid February – Mid March |
Related pages
Notes
- The Punjabi periodicals published in Pakistan print Punjabi calendar figures.[5]
References
- Tej Bhatia (2013). Punjabi. Routledge. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-136-89460-2.
- Pakistan Pictorial, Volume 10 (1986) Pakistan Publications
- Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed) (2008) South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora. Routledge
- Mirzā, Shafqat Tanvīr (1992) Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature. Sang-e-Meel Publications s
- Organiser, Volume 46 (1994) Bharat Prakashan
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