Pakistani Seasonal Calendar
The Punjabi Calendar or the Desi Calendar (Punjabi:پنجابی کیلنڈر) is a luni-solar calendar used by the Punjabi people of the Indian subcontinent. This is considered as the “National Calendar of Pakistan” respectively.
Islamic 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 use the Arabic 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 | Vaisakh | وساکھ | Mid April – Mid May |
| 2 | Jeth | جیٹھ | Mid May – Mid June |
| 3 | Harh | ہاڑھ | Mid June – Mid July |
| 4 | Sawan | ساؤݨ | Mid July – Mid August |
| 5 | Bhadon | بھادوں | Mid August – Mid September |
| 6 | Assu | اسو | Mid September – Mid October |
| 7 | Kattak | کتک | Mid October – Mid November |
| 8 | Magghar | مگھر | Mid November – Mid December |
| 9 | Poh | پوہ | Mid December – Mid January |
| 10 | Magh | ماگھ | Mid January – Mid February |
| 11 | Phaggan | پھگݨ | Mid February – Mid March |
| 12 | Chet | چیت | Mid March – Mid April |
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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