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Pakistani Seasonal Calendar

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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 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.

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)[edit]

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

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Notes[edit]

  1. The Punjabi periodicals published in Pakistan print Punjabi calendar figures.[5]

References[edit]

  1. Tej Bhatia (2013). Punjabi. Routledge. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-136-89460-2. Search this book on
  2. Pakistan Pictorial, Volume 10 (1986) Pakistan Publications [1]
  3. Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed) (2008) South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora. Routledge [2]
  4. Mirzā, Shafqat Tanvīr (1992) Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature. Sang-e-Meel Publications s[3]
  5. Organiser, Volume 46 (1994) Bharat Prakashan [4]