ThePunjabi calendar (Punjabi:ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜੰਤਰੀ,پنجابی جنتری) is aluni-solar calendar used by thePunjabi people inPunjab, and around the world.Punjabi Muslims use the calendar for agricultural purpose as it corresponds well with the climate and seasons of Punjab whileHindus andSikhs also use it for religious purposes.

Punjabi Hindus also use theBikrami (Vikrami) calendar which is the basis of this calendar.^[1][2] Sikhs followed the Bikrami calendar but since 2003 theNanakshahi calendar, which uses the tropical years which keeps the calendar aligned with the westernGregorian calendar, has been used. The Nanakshahi calendar was adopted by theShiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee for Sikhs in 1999. The dates of festivals based on the Nanakshahi calendar are always fixed.

Punjabi Muslims also use theHijri calendar alongside the Punjabi calendar for religious purposes.^[3] Many festivals inPunjab, Pakistan are determined by the Punjabi calendar,^[4] such asMuharram which is observed twice, once according to the Muslim year and again on the 10th of Harh/18th of Jeth.^[5] The Punjabi calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Pakistani Punjab.^{[6][note 1]}

In Punjab though the solar calendar is generally followed, the lunar calendar used ispurṇimānta, or calculated from the ending moment of the full moon: the beginning of the dark fortnight.^[8][9] Chait is considered to be the first month of the lunar year.^[10] The lunar year begins on Chet Sudi: the first day after the new moon inChet.^[11] This means that the first half of thepurṇimānta month of Chaitra goes to the previous year, while the second half belongs to the new Lunar year.^[9]

The Punjabi solar new year starts on the first ofVaisakh.^[12] The day is considered from sunrise to next sunrise and for the first day of the solar months, the Orissa rule is observed: day 1 of the month occurs on the day of the transition of monthly constellations, orsangrānd in Punjabi.^[13][14]

The traditional lunisolar Punjabi calendar uses the sidereal year. The Bikrami calendar days are based on the lunar phases calledtithis, thus the festivals based on the lunar calendar fluctuate.

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