In 2003, the SGPC adopted Nanakshahi calendar, designed by Canada-based Sikh scholar Pal Singh Purewal, replacing the time-old Bikrami calendar, to work out the dates of gurpurb and other festivals.

Sikh calendar. The Sikh calendar is called the Nanakshahi Calendar and takes its name from Guru Nanak, who founded Sikhism.. For most of its history Sikhism has used the traditional Vikrami (or ...

Perneet Singh Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 11 SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar today held a meeting with Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh to seek clarity over the issue of calenda ...

Khalsa led a delegation of 43 saints representing different religious sects to meet Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, urging his intervention for the implementation of Bikrami calendar.

Members of the Sant Samaj today met Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh and handed him over a memorandum, seeking the implementation of the Bikrami Calendar. They demanded that the confusion ...

He said when amendments were made in the Nanakshahi calendar in 2010, the Akal Takht had given approval to observe few Sikh religious days according to the Bikrami calendar. AMRITSAR: Reverting to ...

This page looks at the Sikh calendar, called the Nanakshahi Calendar, and some of the issues surrounding its adoption in 2003. The Sikh calendar is called the Nanakshahi Calendar and takes its ...

In 1999, the SGPC introduced Nanakshahi calendar, designed by Canada-based Sikh scholar Pal Singh Purewal, replacing the time-old Bikrami calendar, to work out the dates of Gurpurb and festivals ...

The month of March is usually an eventful one for the Sikh community. It marks the beginning of Nanakshahi Samvat 555, which is the Sikh New Year. Sikhs all over the world will be heading to the ...

when the Nanakshahi calendar was adopted as the official calendar of Sikhs, followers of the religion shared the ancient Bikrami calendar with Hindus. The Bikrami calendar contains a complicated ...

The Nanakshahi Calendar is one of the newest calendars in the world. It has been created to refer to the historical dates belonging to Sikh history more accurately in comparison to Bikrami Samvat ...