NanakShahi Calendar-Jantri2016

NanakShahi Calendar - Sikh Jantri 2016 with list of all Gurpurav's Sangrand, Puranmashi etc.

a solar calendar - based on the time it takes for the earth to rotate around the sun

called Nanakshahi after Guru Nanak (founder of Sikhism) - year one is the year of Guru Nanak's birth (1469 CE)

is scientifically design and keeps in precise tune with the sun's position; seasons do not slip from year to year!

is based on Gurbani - Months taken directly from Guru Granth sahib

year length is same as Western calendar (365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 45 seconds)

contains 5 months of 31 days followed by 6 months of 30 days; last month is either 30 or 31 in leap years.

leap year every 4 years in which the last month (Phagun) has an extra day

Fixed dates for start of each month when compared to common era calenda