Baisakhi 2027
बैसाखीWednesday 14 April 2027 · in 165 days
Baisakhi, or Vaisakhi, is the joy of a ripe wheat harvest and a day of deep meaning for Sikhs. Fields, gurdwaras and village fairs all come alive together.
Pujas for Baisakhi, in order
Other mantras for the day
- ॐ हीं घृणिः सूर्य आदित्यः श्रीं om hreem ghrinih surya adityah shreem
Baisakhi 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Wednesday 14 April 2027
- Sun enters the sign
- 2:58 PM
- Sunrise
- 5:57 AM
- Sunset
- 6:46 PM
Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.
Other years
Baisakhi 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Tuesday 14 April 2026
- Sun enters the sign
- 9:02 AM
- Sunrise
- 5:57 AM
- Sunset
- 6:46 PM
How to observe
- Visit the gurdwara for prayers, kirtan and karah prasad.
- Share langar and help with seva if you can.
- Watch or walk with the nagar kirtan through the town.
- Join the fair, the dhol and the bhangra or giddha with family.
- Give thanks for the harvest and share a festive meal.
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About Baisakhi
Baisakhi falls on Mesha Sankranti, the day the Sun enters Mesha, which opens the solar month of Vaisakh. Because it follows the Sun and not the Moon, its date hardly moves from year to year. In Punjab and Haryana it is above all a harvest festival: the rabi wheat stands golden and ready, and farmers give thanks before the cutting begins.
For Sikhs, Baisakhi is one of the most important days of the year. It marks the founding of the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur Sahib, when he called for volunteers and the first five who came forward, the Panj Pyare, were initiated with amrit. Baisakhi also opens the traditional solar year in Punjab, though the Nanakshahi calendar used by many Sikhs begins in Chet.
The day begins at the gurdwara. Devotees join prayers and kirtan, listen to the completion of the Akhand Path, and share karah prasad and langar. Many gurdwaras hold amrit sanchar, and large crowds gather at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and at Anandpur Sahib. Nagar kirtan processions, led by the Panj Pyare, move through the streets with hymns, gatka displays and volunteers serving water and food along the way.
Outside the gurdwara it is a festival of the open air. Village melas fill with stalls, music and wrestling, and people dance bhangra and giddha to the beat of the dhol. Homes cook festive food such as kheer and sweet rice. Many Hindus in Punjab and the north also bathe in rivers and visit temples on this day.
Since Baisakhi is set by the Sun's entry into Mesha, the same turn of the year is also celebrated in many other regions around the same days, as Vishu in Kerala, Bohag Bihu in Assam, Pohela Boishakh in Bengal and Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, each kept in its own way.