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Explore Thiti (Mahala 1)

The Guru Granth Sahib Project

Thursday
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20
February
2025

Thiti refers to a lunar calendar day—a count from the first to the fifteenth day based on the moon's phases. As a poetic form, Thiti is based on the fifteen lunar days of the Indic calendar months.

Thiti refers to a lunar calendar day—a count from the first to the fifteenth day based on the moon's phases. As a poetic form, Thiti is based on the fifteen lunar days of the Indic calendar months. The Guru Granth Sahib contains three such compositions by Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Arjan Sahib, and Bhagat Kabir Ji, respectively.


In his Thiti, Guru Nanak Sahib dispels illusions and superstitions by emphasizing devotion and contemplation of IkOankar (the Divine). In this twenty-pauri (stanza) composition, each lunar day serves as a thematic anchor.

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Jasleen Kaur

Research Associate

Jasleen Kaur is a Research Associate at the Sikh Research Institute. She has received a Religious Studies B.A./M.A. from the University of Virginia, focusing on South Asian Religions through the lens of literature and poetry.

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