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Next: 14 Apr 2027

Baisakhi

The Punjabi harvest and the founding of the Khalsa: gurdwara processions, nagar kirtan, fairs and bhangra.

Vaisakhi: The Panj Pyare at Vaisakhi 2010 Birmingham, UK
Photo: Michael Clark, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

When is Baisakhi in 2027?

Baisakhi 2027 is on Wednesday, 14 April 2027. Other years: 2028, Thursday, 13 April 2028.

About Baisakhi

Baisakhi, or Vaisakhi, is celebrated in mid-April. For farmers of Punjab it marks the ripening of the wheat harvest, and fairs are held in villages. For Sikhs it is more: on this day in 1699 Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib. Gurdwaras hold special services, the Guru Granth Sahib is carried through the streets in a nagar kirtan led by five people representing the Panj Pyare, and free meals are served in langar. Cities with large Sikh communities, such as Southall, Surrey and Toronto, hold some of the biggest parades outside Punjab. The same date is the solar new year in several other Indian regions.

Baisakhi dates: 2027, 2028

YearBaisakhi date
2027Wednesday, 14 April 2027
2028Thursday, 13 April 2028

What is eaten

  • kada prashad
  • langar dal
  • jalebi

Traditions of Baisakhi

LangarThe free community kitchen of the gurdwara.

Also part of it, and being written: Khalsa (The community of initiated Sikhs founded on this day.), Nagar kirtan (The street procession with hymns.).

More marked on Baisakhi

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About this page

Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Vaisakhi" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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