Joti Jot of Guru Amar Das · Joti Jot Divas Guru Amar Das

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Guru Amar Das died at Goindval on Bhadon sudi 15 of the Bikrami year 1631, September 1, 1574, aged 95 by the most commonly accepted birth year, 1479, though many sources give 1509. Shortly before, he chose his son-in-law, Bhai Jetha, as his successor, and Jetha became Guru Ram Das. Amar Das had been based at Goindval since he became Guru in 1552. The SGPC keeps the day on Bhadon sudi 15, the full moon, two days after Guru Ram Das's Gurgaddi.