Punjabi calendar - Seal of Punjab - Punjabi months - Punjabi lunar calendar

Punjabi calendar - Seal of Punjab
The Punjabi calendar is based on the Bikrami calendar which started in 57 B.C. with King Vikramaditya. The calendar uses the solar aspect of the Bikrami calendar and has the first day of Vaisakh as the Punjabi new year which is celebrated as Vaisakhi.


The Punjabi months (solar)
The months of the Punjabi calendar are:

No. Name Punjabi                      Western Months

1 Vaisakh ਵੈਸਾਖ                     Mid April – Mid May
2 Jeth   ਜੇਠ                             Mid May – Mid June
3 Harh  ਹਾੜ                             Mid June – Mid July
4 Sawan ਸਾਵਣ                     Mid July – Mid August
5 Bhadon ਭਾਦੋਂ                             Mid August – Mid September
6 Assu ਅੱਸੂ                            Mid September – Mid October
7 Katak ਕੱਤਕ                   Mid October – Mid November
8 Maghar ਮੱਘਰ                   Mid November – Mid December
9 Poh ਪੋਹ Mid                           December – Mid January
10 Magh ਮਾਘ                          Mid January – Mid February
11 Phagun ਫੱਗਣ                          Mid February – Mid March
12 Chet  ਚੇਤ                          Mid March – Mid April


Punjabi lunar calendar
The lunar aspect of the calendar begins with Chait. The first day of this month however is not the new lunar year as the lunar year begins on the day after the new moon in Chait. The months of the Punjabi lunar calendar start from the day after the full moon and end on the following full moon. Accordingly, the month of Chait is split between two years whereby the two weeks up to the new moon are counted in the preceding year and the two weeks from the day after the new moon fall into the next year. However, the Chait new year is not the official Punjabi new year but as the lunar year starts with Chait, Punjabi folk poetry, Barah Maha, begins the lunar year with this month. The lunar aspect of the Punjabi calendar determines many Punjabi festivals.

The days in Punjabi
No. Day in Western calendar Day in Punjabi

1.           Monday                           Somvaar
2.           Tuesday                  Mangalvar
3.       Wednesday                  Budhvaar
4.         Thursday                      Veervaar
5.             Friday                       Shukarvaar
6.       Saturday                       Sanicharvaar
7.        Sunday                           Etvaar



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