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ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫਤਿਹ I had some vichar about the "Sikh Kalender" I am doing some researches about the Bikrami Calendar with the Lunisolar calendar and its history. And also about Nanakshahi Calendar with the Solar Tropical calendar. For the Nanakshahi Calendar we use a similar calendar as the Christian are using it with greorgian calendar. However the positive thing is we celebrate the events on the same day each and each year. Before the Nanakshahi Calendar, Sikhs in foreign countries had problems because they didn't have any calendar where they can have look for the dates to celebrate it. However in these days we have Internet, where everybody can have a look when the Gurpurb or any other divas is, wether it is bikarmi or nanakshahi! We have 3 dates in Nanakshahi calendar which are based on the Bikrami Calendar. Hola Mahla, Bandi Chor Divas and Guru Nanak Dev jis Parkash divas. Why do they left them to sort out? Is it because Guru Nanak dev ji was born on pooranmashi kartik Sambat 1526, but isn't it unfair we do something special to calculate the excect date according to the the lunar system for Guru Nanak Dev ji but not for the other Tenth Guru Sahibaan who followed? No sharda from the Sikh? And Hola Mahla and Bandi Chor divas are celebrated with Holi and Diwali. Historicaly the Sikh and the Hindu events where celebrated on the same day. That’s why it can’t be seperated from each other, but how comes the other historical events can be seperated from the old system? Are they less important or weren’t they celebrated so much like the Hola Mahla or Bandi Chor divas? I think according to the current Nanakshahi calender we will aways need the Bikrami calendar for the 3 events. So it means that every year sikhs need a new calendar with new dates. It isn’t a really benefit at all in my opinion. But the same problem exists also in Christian religion with easter. I think nobody in India is using Nanakshahi calendar nor Bikrami calendar at all. The official calendar is the Christian/greorgian Calendar like we have in the west. I think only the Nepalese are using the Bikrami Calendar as official calendar. Are you fixing your dates in Nanakshahi or Bikrami? Like my next exam is on 22 Poh, The birthday of my brother is on 24 vaisakh. Actually we are converting also Gurpurb in greorgian calendar. So we just use it to have a look when the gurpurbs are. For me personally it doesn’t matter if it is in bikarmi if it changes yearly. But however we have problems with modern events like attack on Akal Takth etc. The most printed Calendar in west like for example Taksal and AKJ calendar starts from January to December and not from chet to fagan. Only the Gurpurbs are added according Nanakshahi or Bikrami. In my opinion we will always need two calendars. And even with Nanakshahi calendar it’s not done at all, because with Nanakshahi calendar we use 3 calendars. Nanakshahi, Bikrami and the Western Calendar. Does anybody know anything new from SGPC about the Nanakshahi Calendar Issue? If somebody is interested i copied all events from the UK Taksal Calendar of 2012 and put everything in the google Calendar https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=rtcpbsuaujifaog15oirv2jci4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Amsterdam