Nanakshahi 543 Events Calendar 2011
The Nanakshahi New Year 543 corresponds to March 14, 2011. The Nanakshahi Sikhism Calendar of fixed dates was amended in 2010 causing great controversy, especially between East and West whose calendars are markedly different as this causes fluctuations affecting also the 2001 Sikhism calendar. Ongoing controversial amendments of the Nanakshahi calendar correlate with the ever fluctuating Indian calendar based on astrological predictions and lunar influences. Dating for Nanakshahi year 543 - 2011 corresponds with the modern day Gregorian calendar in use in America and other Western countries.
Nanakshahi Months of the Guru Granth Sahib Year 543 - 2011
The names of the Nanakshahi months correspond to those in the hymns of Gurbani which appear numerous times throughout the scripture of the Guru Granth Sahib.
Conversion from Nanakshahi 543 to Common Era CE or Gregorian AD 2011 - 2012 Calendar:
Chet – March 14, 2011 – (31 days)
Vaisakh – April 14, 2011 – (30 days)
Jeth – May 15, 2011 – (31 days)
Harh – June 15, 2011 – (31 days)
Savan – July 16, 2011 – (32 days)
Bhadon – August 17, 2011 – (31 days)
Asu – September 17, 2011 – (30 days)
Katak – October 17, 2011 – (30 days)
Maghar – November 16, 2011 – (30 days)
Poh – December 16, 2011 – (29 days)
Magh – January 14, 2011 – (30 days)
Phagan – February 13, 2011 – (30 days)
Nanakshahi 542 Dates Observed March 14, 2010 - March 13, 2011
Events and dates having to do with the birth inauguration, death, and martyrdom of ten gurus, their families, and Guru Granth Sahib:- March 14, 2011
Nanakshahi New Year
Inauguration of Guru Har Rai - March 19, 2011
Death of Guru Har Govind - April 14, 2011
Vaisakhi Day Origin of Khalsa - April 16, 2011
Death of Guru Angad Dev
Inauguration of Guru Amar Das
Death of Guru Har Krishan
Inauguration of Guru Teg Bahadar - April 18, 2011
Birthday of Guru Angad Dev
Birthday of Guru Teg Bahadar - May 02, 2011
Birthday of Guru Arjun Dev - May 23, 2011
Birthday of Guru Amar Das - June 5, 2011
Martyrdom of Guru Arjun Dev - June 9, 2011
Martyrdom of Banda Singh Bahadar - June 11, 2011
Inauguration of Guru Har Govind - July 05, 2011
Birthday of Guru Har Govind - July 23, 2011
Birthday of Guru Har Krishan - August 13, 2011
Baba Bakala Festival - Sep 01, 2011
Installation of the Adi Granth in the Golden Temple - September 16, 2011
Death of Guru Amar Das
Inauguration of Guru Raam Das
Death of Guru Raam Das
Inauguration of Guru Arjun Dev - September 18, 2011
Inauguration of Guru Angad Dev - September 22, 2011
Death of Guru Nanak Dev - October 09, 2011
Birthday of Guru Raam Das - October 20, 2011
Death of Guru Har Rai
Inauguration of Guru Har Krishan
- October 26, 2011
Bandi Chor - October 27, 2011
Birth of Banda Singh Bahadar - October 28, 2011
Inauguration of Guru Granth Sahib - October 31, 2011
Death of Guru Gobind Singh
1984 Delhi Massacre - November 1, 2011
Birth of Mata Sahib Kaur - November 10, 2011
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Observed - November 13, 2011
Martyrdom Baba Deep Singh - November 21, 2011
Birth Bhagat Naam Dev - November 24, 2011
Inauguration of Guru Gobind Singh
Martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadar, Mati Das, Sati Das and Dyaal Das - December 21, 2011
Martyrdom Guru Gobind Singh’s eldest two sons, Ajit Singh, and *Zorawar Singh. - December 26, 2011
Martyrdom Guru Gobind Singh’s youngest two sons, *Jujhar Singh and Fateh Singh, and his mother Mata Gujri. - December 31, 2011
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh - January 31, 2012
Birth of Guru Har Rai - February 8, 2012
Vadda Ghallughara, the Great Holocaust of 1762 - March 9, 2012
Hola Mohalla
Other Important Dates of the Nanakshahi Calendar
There are several Sikh holidays which have not been fixed to the Nanakshahi calendar because they traditionally coincide with lunar festivities:- Bandi Chor is celebrated during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lamps and commemorates the freeing of Guru Har Govind from imprisonment. celebrated October 26, 2011.
- Guru Nanak's Gurpurab is traditionally celebrated in late fall as a full moon festival, celebrated November 10, 2011.
- Hola Mohalla festivities coincide with Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. During this time Sikhs put on displays of weaponry demonstrating Gatka, the Sikh martial art, celebrated March 9, 2012.
*As per the published research of historian Aurthur Macauliffe
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