The Desi Punjabi Calendar, also known as the Nanakshahi Calendar, has its roots deeply embedded in the history and traditions of Punjab. Its evolution has been influenced by various historical and cultural events, making it a unique amalgamation of diverse influences. Originally based on the Bikrami Calendar, the Nanakshahi Calendar was reformed by the Sikh community to simplify and standardize it.
Punjabi Calendar
Desi Punjabi Month Calendar
Historical Significance The calendar holds immense historical significance as it aligns with key events in Sikh history. It marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and other important Gurpurabs (Sikh religious festivals). The historical narrative intertwined with the calendar helps preserve and propagate the rich heritage of Punjab.
Structure of the Desi Punjabi Calendar Punjabi Desi Months 2024
Chet (چیت)
Begins: March 14, 2024
Ends: April 13, 2024
Vaisakh (ویساکھ)
Begins: April 14, 2024
Ends: May 14, 2024
Jeth (جیٹھ)
Begins: May 15, 2024
Ends: June 14, 2024
Harh (ہاڑ)
Begins: June 15, 2024
Ends: July 15, 2024
Sawan (ساون)
Begins: July 16, 2024
Ends: August 15, 2024
Bhadon (بھادوں)
Begins: August 16, 2024
Ends: September 14, 2024
Assu (اسّو)
Begins: September 15, 2024
Ends: October 14, 2024
Kattak (کتک)
Begins: October 15, 2024
Ends: November 13, 2024
Maghar (مگر)
Begins: November 14, 2024
Ends: December 13, 2024
Poh (پوہ)
Begins: December 14, 2024
Ends: January 12, 2025
Magh (ماگھ)
Begins: January 13, 2025
Ends: February 11, 2025
Phaggan (پھگّن)
Begins: February 12, 2025
Ends: March 13, 2025
Key Festivals and Dates 2024 (Punjabi Calendar)
Maghi (Makar Sankranti) : January 14, 2024Hola Mohalla : March 25, 2024Vaisakhi : April 14, 2024Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom Day : June 3, 2024Parkash Gurpurab of Guru Hargobind Sahib : June 22, 2024Diwali : November 1, 2024Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji : November 15, 2024
Below is a table calendar for each Desi month in 2024 with corresponding Gregorian dates. This table aligns the Punjabi Desi months with the Gregorian calendar dates.
January 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month January 1 18 Poh پوہ January 2 19 Poh پوہ January 3 20 Poh پوہ January 4 21 Poh پوہ January 5 22 Poh پوہ January 6 23 Poh پوہ January 7 24 Poh پوہ January 8 25 Poh پوہ January 9 26 Poh پوہ January 10 27 Poh پوہ January 11 28 Poh پوہ January 12 29 Poh پوہ January 13 1 Magh ماگھ January 14 2 Magh ماگھ January 15 3 Magh ماگھ January 16 4 Magh ماگھ January 17 5 Magh ماگھ January 18 6 Magh ماگھ January 19 7 Magh ماگھ January 20 8 Magh ماگھ January 21 9 Magh ماگھ January 22 10 Magh ماگھ January 23 11 Magh ماگھ January 24 12 Magh ماگھ January 25 13 Magh ماگھ January 26 14 Magh ماگھ January 27 15 Magh ماگھ January 28 16 Magh ماگھ January 29 17 Magh ماگھ January 30 18 Magh ماگھ January 31 19 Magh ماگھ
February 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month February 1 20 Magh ماگھ February 2 21 Magh ماگھ February 3 22 Magh ماگھ February 4 23 Magh ماگھ February 5 24 Magh ماگھ February 6 25 Magh ماگھ February 7 26 Magh ماگھ February 8 27 Magh ماگھ February 9 28 Magh ماگھ February 10 29 Magh ماگھ February 11 30 Magh ماگھ February 12 1 Phaggan پھگّن February 13 2 Phaggan پھگّن February 14 3 Phaggan پھگّن February 15 4 Phaggan پھگّن February 16 5 Phaggan پھگّن February 17 6 Phaggan پھگّن February 18 7 Phaggan پھگّن February 19 8 Phaggan پھگّن February 20 9 Phaggan پھگّن February 21 10 Phaggan پھگّن February 22 11 Phaggan پھگّن February 23 12 Phaggan پھگّن February 24 13 Phaggan پھگّن February 25 14 Phaggan پھگّن February 26 15 Phaggan پھگّن February 27 16 Phaggan پھگّن February 28 17 Phaggan پھگّن February 29 18 Phaggan پھگّن
March 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month March 1 19 Phaggan پھگّن March 2 20 Phaggan پھگّن March 3 21 Phaggan پھگّن March 4 22 Phaggan پھگّن March 5 23 Phaggan پھگّن March 6 24 Phaggan پھگّن March 7 25 Phaggan پھگّن March 8 26 Phaggan پھگّن March 9 27 Phaggan پھگّن March 10 28 Phaggan پھگّن March 11 29 Phaggan پھگّن March 12 30 Phaggan پھگّن March 13 1 Chet چیت March 14 2 Chet چیت March 15 3 Chet چیت March 16 4 Chet چیت March 17 5 Chet چیت March 18 6 Chet چیت March 19 7 Chet چیت March 20 8 Chet چیت March 21 9 Chet چیت March 22 10 Chet چیت March 23 11 Chet چیت March 24 12 Chet چیت March 25 13 Chet چیت March 26 14 Chet چیت March 27 15 Chet چیت March 28 16 Chet چیت March 29 17 Chet چیت March 30 18 Chet چیت March 31 19 Chet چیت
April 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month April 1 20 Chet چیت April 2 21 Chet چیت April 3 22 Chet چیت April 4 23 Chet چیت April 5 24 Chet چیت April 6 25 Chet چیت April 7 26 Chet چیت April 8 27 Chet چیت April 9 28 Chet چیت April 10 29 Chet چیت April 11 30 Chet چیت April 12 1 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 13 2 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 14 3 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 15 4 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 16 5 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 17 6 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 18 7 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 19 8 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 20 9 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 21 10 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 22 11 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 23 12 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 24 13 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 25 14 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 26 15 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 27 16 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 28 17 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 29 18 Vaisakh ویساکھ April 30 19 Vaisakh ویساکھ
May 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month May 1 20 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 2 21 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 3 22 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 4 23 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 5 24 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 6 25 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 7 26 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 8 27 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 9 28 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 10 29 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 11 30 Vaisakh ویساکھ May 12 1 Jeth جیٹھ May 13 2 Jeth جیٹھ May 14 3 Jeth جیٹھ May 15 4 Jeth جیٹھ May 16 5 Jeth جیٹھ May 17 6 Jeth جیٹھ May 18 7 Jeth جیٹھ May 19 8 Jeth جیٹھ May 20 9 Jeth جیٹھ May 21 10 Jeth جیٹھ May 22 11 Jeth جیٹھ May 23 12 Jeth جیٹھ May 24 13 Jeth جیٹھ May 25 14 Jeth جیٹھ May 26 15 Jeth جیٹھ May 27 16 Jeth جیٹھ May 28 17 Jeth جیٹھ May 29 18 Jeth جیٹھ May 30 19 Jeth جیٹھ May 31 20 Jeth جیٹھ
June 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month June 1 21 Jeth جیٹھ June 2 22 Jeth جیٹھ June 3 23 Jeth جیٹھ June 4 24 Jeth جیٹھ June 5 25 Jeth جیٹھ June 6 26 Jeth جیٹھ June 7 27 Jeth جیٹھ June 8 28 Jeth جیٹھ June 9 29 Jeth جیٹھ June 10 30 Jeth جیٹھ June 11 1 Harh ہاڑ June 12 2 Harh ہاڑ June 13 3 Harh ہاڑ June 14 4 Harh ہاڑ June 15 5 Harh ہاڑ June 16 6 Harh ہاڑ June 17 7 Harh ہاڑ June 18 8 Harh ہاڑ June 19 9 Harh ہاڑ June 20 10 Harh ہاڑ June 21 11 Harh ہاڑ June 22 12 Harh ہاڑ June 23 13 Harh ہاڑ June 24 14 Harh ہاڑ June 25 15 Harh ہاڑ June 26 16 Harh ہاڑ June 27 17 Harh ہاڑ June 28 18 Harh ہاڑ June 29 19 Harh ہاڑ June 30 20 Harh ہاڑ
July 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month July 1 21 Harh ہاڑ July 2 22 Harh ہاڑ July 3 23 Harh ہاڑ July 4 24 Harh ہاڑ July 5 25 Harh ہاڑ July 6 26 Harh ہاڑ July 7 27 Harh ہاڑ July 8 28 Harh ہاڑ July 9 29 Harh ہاڑ July 10 30 Harh
August 2024 (continued)
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month August 22 13 Bhadon بھادوں August 23 14 Bhadon بھادوں August 24 15 Bhadon بھادوں August 25 16 Bhadon بھادوں August 26 17 Bhadon بھادوں August 27 18 Bhadon بھادوں August 28 19 Bhadon بھادوں August 29 20 Bhadon بھادوں August 30 21 Bhadon بھادوں August 31 22 Bhadon بھادوں
September 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month September 1 23 Bhadon بھادوں September 2 24 Bhadon بھادوں September 3 25 Bhadon بھادوں September 4 26 Bhadon بھادوں September 5 27 Bhadon بھادوں September 6 28 Bhadon بھادوں September 7 29 Bhadon بھادوں September 8 30 Bhadon بھادوں September 9 1 Assu اسّو September 10 2 Assu اسّو September 11 3 Assu اسّو September 12 4 Assu اسّو September 13 5 Assu اسّو September 14 6 Assu اسّو September 15 7 Assu اسّو September 16 8 Assu اسّو September 17 9 Assu اسّو September 18 10 Assu اسّو September 19 11 Assu اسّو September 20 12 Assu اسّو September 21 13 Assu اسّو September 22 14 Assu اسّو September 23 15 Assu اسّو September 24 16 Assu اسّو September 25 17 Assu اسّو September 26 18 Assu اسّو September 27 19 Assu اسّو September 28 20 Assu اسّو September 29 21 Assu اسّو September 30 22 Assu اسّو
October 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month October 1 23 Assu اسّو October 2 24 Assu اسّو October 3 25 Assu اسّو October 4 26 Assu اسّو October 5 27 Assu اسّو October 6 28 Assu اسّو October 7 29 Assu اسّو October 8 30 Assu اسّو October 9 1 Kattak کتک October 10 2 Kattak کتک October 11 3 Kattak کتک October 12 4 Kattak کتک October 13 5 Kattak کتک October 14 6 Kattak کتک October 15 7 Kattak کتک October 16 8 Kattak کتک October 17 9 Kattak کتک October 18 10 Kattak کتک October 19 11 Kattak کتک October 20 12 Kattak کتک October 21 13 Kattak کتک October 22 14 Kattak کتک October 23 15 Kattak کتک October 24 16 Kattak کتک October 25 17 Kattak کتک October 26 18 Kattak کتک October 27 19 Kattak کتک October 28 20 Kattak کتک October 29 21 Kattak کتک October 30 22 Kattak کتک October 31 23 Kattak کتک
November 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month November 1 24 Kattak کتک November 2 25 Kattak کتک November 3 26 Kattak کتک November 4 27 Kattak کتک November 5 28 Kattak کتک November 6 29 Kattak کتک November 7 30 Kattak کتک November 8 1 Maghar مگر November 9 2 Maghar مگر November 10 3 Maghar مگر November 11 4 Maghar مگر November 12 5 Maghar مگر November 13 6 Maghar مگر November 14 7 Maghar مگر November 15 8 Maghar مگر November 16 9 Maghar مگر November 17 10 Maghar مگر November 18 11 Maghar مگر November 19 12 Maghar مگر November 20 13 Maghar مگر November 21 14 Maghar مگر November 22 15 Maghar مگر November 23 16 Maghar مگر November 24 17 Maghar مگر November 25 18 Maghar مگر November 26 19 Maghar مگر November 27 20 Maghar مگر November 28 21 Maghar
November 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month November 28 21 Maghar مگر November 29 22 Maghar مگر November 30 23 Maghar مگر
December 2024
Gregorian Date Desi Date Month December 1 24 Maghar مگر December 2 25 Maghar مگر December 3 26 Maghar مگر December 4 27 Maghar مگر December 5 28 Maghar مگر December 6 29 Maghar مگر December 7 30 Maghar مگر December 8 1 Poh پوہ December 9 2 Poh پوہ December 10 3 Poh پوہ December 11 4 Poh پوہ December 12 5 Poh پوہ December 13 6 Poh پوہ December 14 7 Poh پوہ December 15 8 Poh پوہ December 16 9 Poh پوہ December 17 10 Poh پوہ December 18 11 Poh پوہ December 19 12 Poh پوہ December 20 13 Poh پوہ December 21 14 Poh پوہ December 22 15 Poh پوہ December 23 16 Poh پوہ December 24 17 Poh پوہ December 25 18 Poh پوہ December 26 19 Poh پوہ December 27 20 Poh پوہ December 28 21 Poh پوہ December 29 22 Poh پوہ December 30 23 Poh پوہ December 31 24 Poh پوہ
