Paths & banis

The shape of
a Sikh day.

Nitnem is the daily discipline of banis a Sikh keeps: fixed compositions recited before dawn, again after sunset, and last of all before sleep. What each one is, who composed it, where it sits in the day, and how long it takes. These pages explain the paths; they do not reproduce them. For the words themselves, go to the Guru Granth Sahib or your gurudwara. Sevahey does not perform paths, and each page says so.

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Japji Sahib Path Amrit Vela, the hours before dawn, traditionally reckoned as roughly 2 to 6 in the morning Jaap Sahib Path Amrit Vela, the hours before dawn, immediately after Japji Sahib Tav-Prasad Savaiye Path Amrit Vela, the hours before dawn, after Japji Sahib and Jaap Sahib Chaupai Sahib Path Twice daily: within Rehras Sahib after sunset, and among the morning banis in some traditions Anand Sahib Path At the close of almost every Sikh service, within the evening Rehras Sahib, and in the morning Nitnem of some traditions Rehras Sahib Path After sunset, as the working day ends; the hour moves through the year with the light Kirtan Sohila Path Before sleep, at the close of evening gurudwara ceremonies, and at the antam sanskar Sukhmani Sahib Path At no fixed hour, read by occasion and often in a group Sehaj Path No fixed hours; commonly paced so the bhog falls on a chosen day Akhand Path Timed so the bhog falls on the intended day, such as a gurpurab, an anniversary, or the close of a mourning period

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Begin a seva The ten Gurus