Where the dates come from
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages historic gurdwaras in Punjab, publishes a Nanakshahi calendar each year. In it most Gurpurabs follow the traditional lunar dates, so their Gregorian dates move from year to year, while some days, such as Vaisakhi on 1 Vaisakh, are fixed in the Nanakshahi months. This page copies the dates printed in the SGPC calendar for Sammat 558, the year that began on 1 Chet, 14 March 2026. Nothing here is computed from astronomy or from a formula, and we checked every date against the calendar’s own month grid. When the SGPC publishes the calendar for the next year, the list will be updated from it.
The kinds of days in the list
A Prakash Purab is the anniversary of a Guru’s birth, or of the first installation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. A Gurgaddi Divas is the anniversary of the day a Guru took on the Guruship. Joti Jot Divas is the anniversary of a Guru’s passing, and Shaheedi Purab the anniversary of a martyrdom; in this list these are the Shaheedi Purabs of Guru Arjan Dev Ji and Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji. Vaisakhi is kept as Khalsa Sajna Divas, the founding of the Khalsa. The tool uses the names the SGPC calendar gives each day; for the history behind a day, ask your gurdwara.
Other calendars and local dates
Not every Sikh body follows the SGPC calendar. Some gurdwaras and organisations, especially outside India, follow the original Nanakshahi calendar adopted in 2003, in which dates are fixed in the solar year, or a local calendar, and they may mark some Gurpurabs on other days. Celebrations are also often held on the nearest weekend. This page does not say which calendar is right: it shows the SGPC dates only, and your gurdwara can tell you the dates it keeps.
Reading the Nanakshahi date
Each row shows the Nanakshahi month and day next to the Gregorian date. The Nanakshahi year starts on 1 Chet, and its months are Chet, Vaisakh, Jeth, Harh, Sawan, Bhadon, Assu, Kattak, Maghar, Poh, Magh and Phagan. In Sammat 558 the months have 29 to 32 days, as printed by the SGPC: Sawan has 32 days and Poh 29. A Gurpurab that follows the lunar calendar falls on a different Nanakshahi day each year, which is why the list covers one year only.
What this list is, and is not
This page is general information to help you plan. It is not religious guidance and it does not set any date; the SGPC calendar and your own gurdwara do. It lists the Gurpurabs of the ten Gurus and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Vaisakhi and Bandi Chhor Divas. The SGPC calendar also marks many other historical days, including other martyrdom anniversaries, which you can find in the full calendar.