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Daily practice

Nitnem, the daily banis in order

Nitnem is the set of banis a Sikh reads every day. Each one below opens the full text in Gurmukhi with transliteration and English, with audio to follow along.

Amrit Vela Japji Sahib ਜਪੁਜੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ 20 min Amrit Vela Jaap Sahib ਜਾਪੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ 17 min Amrit Vela Tav Prasad Savaiye ਤ੍ਵ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸਵੱਯੇ (ਸ੍ਰਾਵਗ ਸੁੱਧ) 4 min Amrit Vela Chaupai Sahib ਬੇਨਤੀ ਚੌਪਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ 5 min Amrit Vela Anand Sahib ਅਨੰਦੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ 15 min Evening Rehras Sahib ਰਹਰਾਸਿ ਸਾਹਿਬ 20 min Night Kirtan Sohila ਸੋਹਿਲਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ 5 min Simran app iconAll seven in the appWith audio and your progress saved

Amrit Vela, before dawn

Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav Prasad Savaiye, Chaupai Sahib and Anand Sahib, after rising and bathing.

Evening, at sunset

Rehras Sahib, as the day ends.

Night, before sleep

Kirtan Sohila, last thing at night.

Five banis or seven?

The Sikh Rehat Maryada names five banis for the morning: Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav Prasad Savaiye, Chaupai Sahib and Anand Sahib. Rehras Sahib in the evening and Kirtan Sohila before sleep bring the daily total to seven. Some traditions add more, and some read a shorter Anand Sahib in the morning. This page follows the Rehat Maryada order.