Maghi

Culture of origin: Sikh · Historical

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Maghi, on the first day of the solar month of Magh, remembers the Chali Mukte, the Forty Liberated: forty Sikhs who had deserted Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur, then rejoined him and died fighting the Mughal army led by Wazir Khan at Muktsar in 1705. The Mela Maghi fair is held at Muktsar every year in their memory, and pilgrims bathe in the sacred pool of Gurdwara Tootti Gandhi Sahib. SikhNet's copy of the SGPC's list gave January 13 in 2026, a day before the sun entered Capricorn; this calendar follows the sun.