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 :
5 = Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh
8 = Morcha Guru Ka Bagh
16 = 1 Bhadon
== SGGS: This Month ==
This is what the Guru Granth Sahib says about this month:
==Calendar translation==
This section gives the translation from Nanakshahi day in this month to the Georgian calendar equivalent for that day. 
*Sawan 1= July 16
*Sawan 2= July 17
*Sawan 3= July 18
*Sawan 4= July 19
*Sawan 5= July 20
*Sawan 6= July 21
*Sawan 7= July 22
*Sawan 8= July 23
*Sawan 9= July 24
*Sawan 10= July 25	
*Sawan 11= July 26
*Sawan 12= July 27
*Sawan 13= July 28
*Sawan 14= July 29
*Sawan 15= July 30
*Sawan 16= July 31
*Sawan 17= August 1
*Sawan 18= August 2
*Sawan 19= August 3
*Sawan 20= August 4	
*Sawan 21= August 5
*Sawan 22= August 6
*Sawan 23= August 7
*Sawan 24= August 8
*Sawan 25= August 9
*Sawan 26= August 10
*Sawan 27= August 11
*Sawan 28= August 12
*Sawan 29= August 13
*Sawan 30= August 14
*Sawan 31= August 15
==See also==
* Bara Maha
== External links==
* www.sikhspirit.com
* www.sikhitothemax.com SGGS Page 133
* www.srigranth.org SGGS Page 133
* www.sikhcoalition.org
*July:
*August:
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