When Is Sikh New Year 2025. Although most of the festivities associated with vaisakhi take place around northern india, sikhs around the world dedicate this special date to celebrating one of the most important observances in the. Baisakhi is so called because it marks ‘baisakh’, the first month of the bikram sambat hindu calendar.

Baisakhi or vaisakhi is the festival celebrated as sikh new year among sikh community, majorly popular in punjab of india. Until the 13th of march, 1998, the sikhs used a hindu lunar calendar to determine their feast days.