Baisakhi 2025 will be celebrated with joy and reverence across India on Sunday, April 13th. This day holds significant religious and historical importance, especially for the Sikh community, marking the establishment of the Khalsa Panth by Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1699. For farmers, it's also a harvest festival celebrating the Rabi crop. Certain practices performed on this day are believed to bring positivity and prosperity, while avoiding others is considered crucial.
Auspicious Practices for Baisakhi
1. Sun Worship and Auspicious Beginnings
Offering water to the rising sun and chanting sun mantras on Baisakhi is believed to provide mental peace and health benefits. This day is considered highly auspicious for commencing new ventures, expanding businesses, and making new resolutions.
2. Visit a Gurudwara or Temple, Perform Seva
Sikh devotees visit Gurudwaras to participate in 'Akhand Path', 'Kirtan', and 'Langar Seva'. Others visit temples or pilgrimage sites. Donating food, clothing, or money to the needy is considered highly meritorious on this day.
3. Bathing and Charity for Merit
Bathing in sacred rivers or at home using Ganga water on Baisakhi is considered auspicious for purifying the body and mind. Donating wheat, chickpeas, jaggery, or other new harvest produce after bathing is believed to bring prosperity.
4. Illuminate Your Home – The Significance of Deepdaan
On Baisakhi evening, a ghee or oil lamp should be lit at the home shrine and main entrance. Lighting a lamp made of flour is believed to ward off negativity and invite Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth) into the home. Installing a Sun Yantra is also believed to enhance positive energy.
Practices to Avoid
• Avoid wearing black or dark blue clothes; these colors are believed to attract negative energy.
• Refrain from non-vegetarian food, fried items, and intoxicants.
• Avoid anger, conflict, harsh words, and arguments, as this day symbolizes positivity and spiritual purification.
• Envy, malice, or negative thoughts can diminish the positive effects of the day.
Baisakhi – A Festival of Faith and Harvest
Baisakhi is not just a religious festival but also a celebration of our agrarian culture and the achievements of hard work. By embracing righteous actions, positive thoughts, and the right direction, this day can be made a gateway to prosperity in life.
