vaisakhi is the ancient in the punjab region. it is also the start of a new , and new harvest season. baisakhi is a sikh religious festival. it falls on the first day of the "baisakh" month in the , which corresponds to april 13 in the gregorian calendar. in sikhism, it remembers the creation of the khalsa at anandpur sahib in 1699, by the 10th sikh guru, guru gobind singh.