Gurpurab: The word Gurpurab is made of two words ‘Guru‘ + ‘Purab‘ (derived from Parv in Hindi), so the literal meaning of the word Gurpurab is the festival/day associated with Guru. The Sikh festivals or important days associated with Sikh gurus are called ‘Gurpurab‘.

A complete list of Gurpurab dates in 2022 (Nanakshahi Samvat 553-554) is given on this page. The Nanakshahi New Year starts on Sangrand of Chet month, which means that Monday, 14th March 2022 is the new year day according to the Nanakshahi calendar and the year 554 will start on this date.

Many people outside Punjab consider the Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s birthday as the only Gurpurab. So when someone asks about Gurpurab Date 2022, they are basically asking about the date of Guru Nanak’s Dev Ji’s birthday GurPurab.

The birthday Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji is celebrated on the Puranmashi of Khattak month of desi calendar. According to this, the date of Gurpurab 2022 is Tuesday, 8 November 2022.

The list given on this page includes the birthdays (Parkash Utsav), Gurgadi Diwas, and Jyoti-Jot days of 10 Gurus. Birthdays of some bhagats, whose teachings are included in Guru Granth Sahib Ji, are also celebrated in Gurudwaras and these dates are also given in the following list.

The days associated with Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji like Sampuranta Diwas, First Parkash Utsav, and Gurgaddi Diwas are also included.

Sikh history is full of martyrs, who laid down their lives for the great cause of humanity. Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Guru Teg Bahdar Ji, Char Sahibzade, Mata Gujri Ji, and a large number of Sikhs have sacrificed their lives for the good.

Shaheedi Diwas (martyrdom day) of great martyrs and days of some great historic events like Khalsa Sajna Diwas is also given importance in the Sikh religion and these days are also mentioned on this page.

Below we have given a complete list of Gurpurab dates in 2022, which is based upon the Nanakshahi calendar followed by SGPC.