Daily prayers
Nitnem – Daily Sikh Prayers (Banis & Path)
ਨਿਤਨੇਮ
Nitnem is the daily Sikh prayer — the banis recited every day. Each page below is a full path in Gurmukhi, with English translation and transliteration, free to read. This is not the daily Hukamnama, the ang-by-ang Guru Granth reader, or a paid prayer booking.
What Nitnem is
The Sikh Rehat Maryada published by the SGPC lists Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, and the ten Tav-Prasad Savaiye for the morning; Sodar Rehras in the evening; and Kirtan Sohila at night. Ardas follows the morning and evening readings.
Many Sikhs are also taught a morning set of five banis that adds Benti Chaupai and Anand Sahib (often the first five pauris and the last). Those two are printed here because that is how people search for and recite them. We do not collapse the Rehat Maryada list and the five-bani teaching into one rule.
Sukhmani Sahib, Asa Di Vaar, the Mool Mantar, Shabad Hazare, and Barah Maha are widely read and widely searched. They are not required daily nitnem. They sit in the second group below.
Daily nitnem
Morning, evening, and night. Each card opens the full path.
ਜਪੁਜੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Japji Sahib
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Japji Sahib is the opening composition of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. It begins with the Mool Mantar and continues through 38 pauris and a closing slok. It is the bani most Sikhs learn first.
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ਜਾਪੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Jaap Sahib
Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Jaap Sahib is a composition of Guru Gobind Singh Ji in Sri Dasam Granth. It is a long recitation of Divine Names and attributes — different in form from Japji Sahib, which opens the Guru Granth.
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ਤ੍ਵ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸਵੱਯੇ
Tav-Prasad Savaiye
Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Tav-Prasad Savaiye are ten savaiye (a poetic form) by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The set used in nitnem is the “Sravag Suddh” group from Sri Dasam Granth. BaniDB also lists a separate “Deenan ki” set; this page is the nitnem set.
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ਬੇਨਤੀ ਚੌਪਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Chaupai Sahib
Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Benti Chaupai (“supplication in chaupai metre”) is a prayer of Guru Gobind Singh Ji asking for protection and recalling the Creator’s support. It is often printed in nitnem gutkas after the Savaiye.
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ਅਨੰਦੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Anand Sahib
Guru Amar Das Ji
Anand Sahib (“the bani of bliss”) is a composition of Guru Amar Das Ji in Raag Ramkali. It has 40 pauris. This page is the full path. Many daily gutkas print only pauris 1–5 and 40 for morning nitnem.
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ਰਹਰਾਸਿ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Rehras Sahib
Several Gurus — a compiled evening liturgy
Rehras Sahib (also called Sodar Rehras) is the evening liturgy. It is not a single composition: it gathers shabads from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (including So Dar and So Purakh) with later additions from the Dasam Granth used in common gutkas. BaniDB serves the compiled path used by Sundar Gutka–style readers.
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ਸੋਹਿਲਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Kirtan Sohila
Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Guru Ram Das Ji, and Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Kirtan Sohila (Sohila Sahib) is five shabads. Three are by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, one by Guru Ram Das Ji, and one by Guru Arjan Dev Ji. The same hymns appear early in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Ang 12–13).
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Also commonly read
Additional paths people look for by name. Not a substitute for the daily set.
ਸੁਖਮਨੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Sukhmani Sahib
Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Sukhmani Sahib (“the psalm of peace”) is 24 ashtpadis (octaves) by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Gauri, occupying Ang 262–296. It is one of the longest single compositions in the Granth.
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ਆਸਾ ਦੀ ਵਾਰ
Asa Di Vaar
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (pauris) with sloks of Guru Angad Dev Ji
Asa Di Vaar is a vaar (ballad) in Raag Asa. Guru Nanak Dev Ji composed 24 pauris; sloks by Guru Nanak and Guru Angad are paired with them in the Granth. Gurdwaras typically sing it as the early-morning kirtan.
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ਅਰਦਾਸ
Ardas
A congregational prayer — opening lines from Chandi di Vaar; the standing form is set in the Rehat Maryada
Ardas (“petition”) is the Sikh standing prayer. It remembers the Gurus, the Panj Pyare, the Sahibzade, and the faithful, then makes a request for the present occasion, and closes with “Nanak naam chardi kala, tere bhane sarbat da bhala.” The middle petition changes with the occasion; the frame is stable.
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ਮੂਲ ਮੰਤਰ
Mool Mantar
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
The Mool Mantar (“root verse”) is the first line of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji: Ik Onkar, Satnam, Karta Purakh, Nirbhau, Nirvair, Akal Murat, Ajuni, Saibhang, Gur Prasad. Printed gutkas often follow it with the heading “Jap” and the slok “Aad sach, jugaad sach…”. This page prints that commonly taught opening, taken from Japji Sahib — not a separate BaniDB bani.
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ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹਜ਼ਾਰੇ
Shabad Hazare
Guru Arjan Dev Ji (the SGGS set commonly called Shabad Hazare)
“Shabad Hazare” is the name printed in many gutkas for a small set of shabads. BaniDB id 3 is the Guru Granth set; id 5 is “Shabad Hazare Patshahi 10.” This page is id 3 — the SGGS set people usually mean when they search “Shabad Hazare path.”
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ਬਾਰਹ ਮਾਹਾ
Barah Maha
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Barah Maha (“twelve months”) is a form in which each month of the year becomes a verse of longing for the Divine. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji has two: Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Raag Majh (Ang 133–136), and Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Tukhari (Ang 1107–1117). This page is the Majh composition (BaniDB id 27). The Tukhari text is on the ang reader.
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Frequently asked questions
›What is Nitnem?
›Which banis are the “five banis”?
›When should Nitnem be recited?
›Is Nitnem the same as the daily Hukamnama?
›Do I have to pay to read these prayers?
›Where does the Gurmukhi text come from?
Gurmukhi text, transliteration, and English translation from BaniDB (Khalis Foundation / SikhiToTheMax). English lines prefer the Sant Singh Khalsa rendering when BaniDB provides it. This page is a study aid and does not replace sangat or a printed gutka.