Baisakhi (Mesha Sankranti) 2022
The solar new year — harvest festival of Punjab; Sun enters sidereal Aries.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankranti moment08:30
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Baisakhi (Mesha Sankranti) puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaBaisakhi (Mesha Sankranti) — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Baisakhi celebrated?
On the first day of the solar month of Vaisakha, which falls on 13 April in most years and 14 April in some. Being a solar festival, its date is nearly fixed, unlike the lunar festivals. This year's date is shown above.
Why is Baisakhi important to Sikhs?
On Vaisakhi in 1699, Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib, initiating the Panj Pyare and giving the community the five kakars and the names Singh and Kaur. It is among the most significant days in the Sikh year.
Is Baisakhi a Hindu or a Sikh festival?
Both, and more. It is an ancient solar harvest festival kept across faiths and, since 1699, the founding day of the Khalsa. The same solar new year is celebrated across India under names like Vishu, Puthandu, Pohela Boishakh and Bihu.
Is a fast kept on Baisakhi?
No. Baisakhi is a festival of harvest and thanksgiving, kept with gurudwara worship, langar, and the mela — not with fasting.
Other major festivals in 2022
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2022
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 2022
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 2022
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 2022
- Holi — 19 March 2022
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 2022
- Ram Navami — 10 April 2022
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 2022
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 1 July 2022
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 2022
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 2022
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 2022
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 2022
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 2022
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 31 August 2022
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 2022
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 2022
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 2022
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 2022
- Maha Navami — 4 October 2022
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 2022
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 2022
- Dhanteras — 22 October 2022
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 2022
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 2022
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 2022
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 2022
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 2022
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 8 November 2022
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 8 November 2022
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