Nanakshahi calendar
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The Nanakshahi calendar is a solar calendar used in Sikhism to determine the dates of religious festivals and commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nanakshahi calendar canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2865753 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nanakshahi calendar Context triple: [Vaisakhi, basedOnCalendar, Nanakshahi calendar]
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A.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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B.
Hindu lunisolar calendar
The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.
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C.
Bengali calendar
The Bengali calendar is a traditional solar calendar used primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and the Bengali New Year.
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D.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
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E.
Assamese calendar
The Assamese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Assam, India, to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and cultural observances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nanakshahi calendar Target entity description: The Nanakshahi calendar is a solar calendar used in Sikhism to determine the dates of religious festivals and commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus.
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A.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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B.
Hindu lunisolar calendar
The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.
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C.
Bengali calendar
The Bengali calendar is a traditional solar calendar used primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and the Bengali New Year.
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D.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
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E.
Assamese calendar
The Assamese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Assam, India, to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and cultural observances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sikh calendar
ⓘ
religious calendar ⓘ solar calendar ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
ⓘ
surface form:
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)
|
| alignsWith |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregorian calendar
|
| basedOn | solar year ⓘ |
| classification | civil-religious calendar ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | lunisolar Bikrami calendar ⓘ |
| createdToReplace | traditional Bikrami calendar for Sikh observances ⓘ |
| epoch | year of Guru Nanak’s birth ⓘ |
| firstYearCorrespondsTo | 1469 CE ⓘ |
| follows | tropical year ⓘ |
| hasControversy | differences over adoption versus Bikrami calendar ⓘ |
| hasFeature | fixed dates for most Sikh festivals ⓘ |
| hasMonth |
Assu
ⓘ
Bhadon ⓘ Chet ⓘ Harh ⓘ Jeth ⓘ Katik ⓘ Maghi ⓘ
surface form:
Magh
Maghar ⓘ Phagun ⓘ Poh ⓘ Sawan ⓘ Boishakh ⓘ
surface form:
Vaisakh
|
| hasNewYearAround | mid-March ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMonths | 12 ⓘ |
| hasType | reform calendar ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Sikh scholar Pal Singh Purewal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Guru Nanak ⓘ |
| purpose |
to commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus
ⓘ
to determine dates of Sikh religious festivals ⓘ |
| religion | Sikhism ⓘ |
| startsInMonth | Chet ⓘ |
| timeScale | years counted as Nanakshahi years (NS) ⓘ |
| usedAt | some gurdwaras worldwide ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sikh community ⓘ |
| usedIn | Sikhism ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
India
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Punjab ⓘ |
| usedToDetermine |
Gurpurab dates
ⓘ
Martyrdom anniversaries of Sikh Gurus ⓘ Guru Nanak Gurpurab ⓘ
surface form:
Parkash Gurpurab of Guru Nanak
Vaisakhi ⓘ
surface form:
Sikh New Year
Vaisakhi date ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bandi Chhor Divas