Sangrand depends on entrance of sun into ‘rasis’, dates of Sangrands not fixed in Common Era Months will shift in seasons – on the average by 1 dayper70/71years-alreadyshiftof7/8days since Guru Nanak Sahib’s time Months may contain 29,30,31 or 32 days no simple rule for determination of the number of days in a given month Precedence to the original solar dates over the lunar dates and English dates.) 23 Pohįor Parkash of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, and 23 No month or day is ‘clean’ or ‘unclean’ according to Gurbaniĩ Gurpurbs fixed according to solar dates e.g. Comparison between Nanakshahi and Bikrami Calendars Bikramiġ Based on length of Tropical year 365d 5h 48m 45sĢ Days in months 31 or 30 first five months containģ1 days each and last seven 30 days each -a veryģ Fixed leap year rule -last month to have 1 extra dayĥ Permanent relation between seasons and months will stay according to GurbaniĦ Gurpurbs on fixed dates according to both Nanakshahi and Common Era calendarsħ All Gurpurbs occur once every year, according to both NS and CE calendars.Ĩ No ‘unclean’ month (malmaas) in the year. In Tukhari Raga Guru Sahib records the appearance of a comet in the sky. Mention of these is made in Guru Granth Sahib. These units are the basic building blocks of Hindu calendars.
From amongst such phenomena mention may be made of the formation of day and night, the month – lunar and solar, the year, the movement of the luminaries – the sun, the moon, and the stars, formation of seasons, the twelve months of the year, the tithi (lunar day), and the division of the day by man into smaller units of time such as pehar, muhurat, ghati,pal, visuaye, chasuaye, and yugas – the mega units of time. It is true that his aim was not to highlight the phenomena but to impart true knowledge using them as a vehicle, since people could relate to them. He observed physical phenomena, and his bani portrays some of them. Since most of his travels were on foot, he must have spent countless summer nights in the lap of nature. Guru Nanak Sahib had spent almost a quarter of a century travelling and spreading the word in the world. Pal Singh Purewal, Edmonton Gurbani And Nanakshahi Calendar (Pal Singh Purewal, Edmonton)