manjit Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 i have looked on this forum but not found what i was looking for... so apologies if it has already been answered! from since i can remember (and my parents too) Vaisakhi has always been celebrated on april 13th, but now it seems it is being changed to april 14th and we have have no idea why... can anyone tell us more about this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAadmin Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 Sat siri akaaaaaaaal ji, First of all Welcome to this forum ji, Vaishakhi is on 13th april according to bikrami calendar(puratan calendar) (Which i think its most accurate anyway) Vaishakhi also on 14 april according to nanaksahi calender which most of modern sikhs beleive in. so its on both days. I hope that helps 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manjit Posted April 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 hmmmm... 1) 'modern sikhs'... i thought we are the same as those sikhs who lived 200 yrs ago! 2) but seriously i did not know that we followed different calendars... and is it not written in the Guru Granth Sahib that it is on the 13th? i mean my mum has grown up in a religious family who have always celebrated on the 13th and we heard today that our gurdwara will be celebrating on the 14th, which we thought strange since they didn't last year... or the year before etc etc i have also heard that the people at Amritsar have also started to say that it is now on the 14th (think this was said a few years back) therefore 3) i am very confused! lastly 4) thanks for the welcome! i shall have a good read of all posts after exams are over 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 the bikrami calander is slightly shorter then the christian calander which most of the world follows, because of this difference in year length the dates change now and again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manjit Posted April 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 oh ok... we thought that the actual date was fixed... thanks for the info! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 In 1699 AD, it was 30th March. This is not the first time, when we are having 'Vaisaakhee' on April 14. In some of previous years, the 'Vaisaakhee' was celebrated on April 14. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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