Sawan

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Sawan (pronounced "Saa-vn") is a fifth month in the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs the activities within Sikhism. This month coincides with July/August of the Western/Georgian/Julian Calendar and is 31 days long. The month starts on July 16 and ends on August 15. On August 16 starts the sixth month in the Sikh calendar called Bhadon. The season in Punjab, the land of the Sikh Gurus is mid-summer and the climate is very hot. Temperatures can go as high as 40 degrees centigrade. Most tourists and locals move into higher and more northern states seeking lower temperatures.

Important Events during this month:

July :

16 = 1 Sawan

23 Birth Guru Har Krishan Ji / 8 Saawan

August :

16 = 1 Bhadon

SGGS: This Month

This is what the Guru Granth Sahib says about this month:

ਸਾਵਣਿ ਸਰਸੀ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਸਿਉ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਰਤਾ ਸਚ ਰੰਗਿ ਇਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਰੰਗ ਕੂੜਾਵਿਆ ਦਿਸਨਿ ਸਭੇ ਛਾਰੁ ॥ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬੂੰਦ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਪੀਵਣਹਾਰੁ ॥ ਵਣੁ ਤਿਣੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਉਲਿਆ ਸੰਮ੍ਰਥ ਪੁਰਖ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥ ਹਰਿ ਮਿਲਣੈ ਨੋ ਮਨੁ ਲੋਚਦਾ ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਹਾਰੁ ॥ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਖੀਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹੰਉ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਜੀ ਮਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰੁ ॥ ਸਾਵਣੁ ਤਿਨਾ ਸੁਹਾਗਣੀ ਜਿਨ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਰਿ ਹਾਰੁ ॥6॥

saavan sarasee kaamanee charan kamal sio piaar ॥ man than rathaa sach ra(n)g eiko naam adhhaar ॥ bikhiaa ra(n)g koorraaviaa dhisan sabhae shhaar ॥ har a(n)mrith boo(n)dh suhaavanee mil saadhhoo peevanehaar ॥ van thin prabh sa(n)g mouliaa sa(n)mrathh purakh apaar ॥ har milanai no man lochadhaa karam milaavanehaar ॥ jinee sakheeeae prabh paaeiaa ha(n)o thin kai sadh balihaar ॥ naanak har jee maeiaa kar sabadh savaaranehaar ॥ saavan thinaa suhaaganee jin raam naam our haar ॥6॥

In the month of Saawan, the soul-bride is happy, if she falls in love with the Lotus Feet of the Lord.
Her mind and body are imbued with the Love of the True One; His Name is her only Support.
The pleasures of corruption are false. All that is seen shall turn to ashes.
The drops of the Lord's Nectar are so beautiful! Meeting the Holy Saint, we drink these in.
The forests and the meadows are rejuvenated and refreshed with the Love of God,
the All-powerful, Infinite Primal Being.
My mind yearns to meet the Lord. If only He would show His Mercy, and unite me with Himself!
Those brides who have obtained God-I am forever a sacrifice to them.
O Nanak, when the Dear Lord shows kindness, He adorns His bride with the Word of His Shabad.
Saawan is delightful for those happy soul-brides whose hearts are adorned with the Necklace of the Lord's Name. ॥6॥

-SGGS page 134

See also

• See Wikipedia article on Sawan for more information
• Bara Maha

External links

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• www.sikhspirit.com
• www.sikhitothemax.com SGGS Page 133
• www.srigranth.org SGGS Page 133
• www.sikhcoalition.org

• July:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
July 2008		1	2 Foundation of Sri Akal Takhat	3	4	5 Birth Guru Hargobind
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 New month Saawan	17	18	19
20	21	22	23 Birth Guru Har Krishan	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31		July 2008

• August:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
August 2008					1	2
3	4	5 Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh	6	7	8 Morcha Guru Ka Bagh	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16 New Month Bhadon
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30 Completion of Adi Granth 1604
31						August 2008

These are the Twelve Months of the Nanakshahi Calendar

1 Chet | 2 Vaisakh | 3 Jeth | 4 Harh | 5 Sawan | 6 Bhadon | 7 Assu | 8 Katak | 9 Maghar | 10 Poh | 11 Magh | 12 Phagun