Guru Gobind Singh Gurpurab · Prakash Purab Guru Gobind Singh

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last human Guru of the Sikhs, was born at Patna in 1666 (some sources say 1661). He founded the Khalsa in 1699 and before his death made the scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Guru for ever. His Gurpurab is kept on Poh sudi 7, the seventh day of the lunar month's bright half, with an unbroken reading of the whole scripture (akhand path), processions singing hymns and community meals (langar). Because it follows the moon, it fell twice in 2025 (January 6 and December 27) and not at all in 2026. The original Nanakshahi calendar of 2003 fixed it on January 5.