Talk:Nanakshahi calendar

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—Yamara ✉  15:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

New Year
I would like to know how the Nanakshahi calendar match with the Gregorian calendar. Is the first of Chet always the same day in the Western calendar ? I heard that it's March 14th in 2006 ? Is there a "Sikh New Year" ? --PFHLai 17:07, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * According to, the 1st of Chet is 14 March 2005. It was the same the year before but I don't know if it changes in later years.  I presume as it's a solar calendar it won't, but who knows :D  Also this link is useful.


 * Whether Sikhs celebrate it as a new year I don't know - I certainly don't! Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 20:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Cool, thanks ! Wish you a "Happy New Year" in advance. :-) -- PFHLai 17:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Bikrami_calendar
Are these related? That article doesn't look very good, and I can't tell if it should be merged or not. —Random832 21:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

POV/OR
I removed " Since 1998, amongst the critics, no-one has come forward with suggestions of specific changes, other than to suggest that the Sikhs should revert to the Vikrami calendar." All the best, Rich Farmbrough, 23:10, 4 April 2014 (UTC).

Merger with Mool Nanakshahi Calendar
The Mool Nanakshahi Calendar article is clearly a duplicate article. The information about the Nanakshahi calendar should be kept in one article, not split into two. The quality of the Mool Nanakshahi Calendar article is not great either. The information from that article should be merged into here and rewritten with quality. 02:34, 12 December 2020 (UTC)


 * The Mool Nanakshahi Calendar (MNS) article is clearly not a duplicate article as the Nanakshahi (NS) Calendar as the SGCP is referring to is a Bikrami Calendar under the misnomer of NS. The architect of the original Nanakshahi calendar (different from the current SGPC NC), S. Pal Singh Purewal is the one who also created and implemented the Mool Nanakshahi Calendar (MNS) in 2017.  If the suggestion is that MNS calendar should be merged with the Nanakshahi Calendar, then obviously it would be distinct enough from NC (modified NS calendar with Bikrami dates therefore not the Nanakshahi Calendar), to merge and not a duplicate otherwise why not just delete the page?  If there is any further confusion on this issue then the architect of the Nanakshahi Calendar and then the Mool Nanakshahi Calendar should be consulted for clarification.  Otherwise it’s an opinion and not a fact.  How is the helpful to the readers who may be looking for the distinction.  If anyone is able to write a quality article on the MNS Calendar, then certainly that would be a wonderful and an enlightening contribution to this subject matter.  The Architect of the calendar should be consulted if there is any confusion. Yournameiswhat (talk) 02:05, 30 December 2020 (UTC)


 * The SGPC (not SGCP) does publish the Bikrami calendar under the name "Nanakshahi", however, this is addressed under the Controversy section of the article. The rest of the article is focused solely on the Original (Mool) Nanakshahi calendar. I don't think having an another article on a similar topic that is of low-quality will help readers. It would be better to consolidate the information that is properly written and referenced into one article. I have personally contacted the architect Pal S. Purewal and he is fine with the current Nanakshahi calendar article as it is. With this, I will start merging both articles. 23:06, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Apologies. I missed this notification. The changes to the calendar have been addressed in the other article. I do not object to the merger. (Malikhpur) 10:48, 15 January 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 06:59, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

"Month Names are taken from Guru Granth Sahib"
The month names are taken from the traditional month names throughout in North India for a long time, and still used widely. Guru Nanak used the very same names in his Barah Maha. The names were not specially coined.

There are many other Hindi poets who have composed series of verses termed Barah Maha.

Malaiya (talk) 18:58, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Idea to improve the article
The article should also show today's date on the Nanakshahi calendar, in which it will be updated every day automatically. Like for example, I am writing this on September 29, 2023, there should be a piece of text that says "Today is 13 Assu, 555". Can something like this even be implemented? Reev132 (talk) 20:46, 29 September 2023 (UTC)