What is Punjabi calendar?
[[Image:Collectie NMvWereldculturen, TM-3500-313c, Kalender van 1963. Josephine Powell Collection, 1963.jpg|thumb|Punjabi calendar for the year 1963. This corresponds with the year 1382-83 of the Islamic era (hijri) and 2019-20 of the Sikh era (bikrami), as the calendar indicates.]] The '''Punjabi Calendar''', '''Pakistani Seasonal Calendar''' or the '''Desi Calendar''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]:پنجابی کیلنڈر) is a [[Solar calendar]] used by the [[Punjabi people]] of [[Pakistan]]. The Punjabi [[New Year's Day|new year]] starts on the first of [[Vaisakh]] month. [[Punjabis|Punjabi Sikhs]] in [[India]] use the [[Nanakshahi calendar]], which is a variant of this calendar. The [[Punjabis|Punjabi Muslims]] in [[Pakistan]] also use the [[Islamic calendar|Islamic Hijri]] calendar.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tej Bhatia|title=Punjabi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTKBAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA210|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-89460-2|page=210}}</ref> Some festivals in [[Punjab, Pakistan]] are determined by the Punjabi calendar,<ref>Pakistan Pictorial, Volume 10 (1986) Pakistan Publications [https://books.google.com/books?id=CSRuAAAAMAAJ&q=punjabi+calendar+pakistan]</ref> such as [[Muharram]] which is celebrated twice, once according to the Muslim year and again on the 10th of harh/18th of jeth.<ref>Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed) (2008) South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora. Routledge [https://books.google.com/books?id=WT2odZ7_d7MC&dq=punjabi+desi+hindu+calendar+pakistan&pg=PA107]</ref> The Bikrami calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab, Pakistan]].<ref>Mirzā, Shafqat Tanvīr (1992) Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature. Sang-e-Meel Publications s[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCMeAAAAIAAJ&q=agrarian]</ref>{{refn|group=note|The Punjabi periodicals published in Pakistan print Punjabi calendar figures.<ref>Organiser, Volume 46 (1994) Bharat Prakashan [https://books.google.com/books?id=hsc-AQAAIAAJ&q=punjabi+cal