Chet (month)
Chet (Shahmukhi: چیت; Gurmukhi: ਚੇਤ, Punjabi pronunciation: [t͡ʃeːt̪ᵊ]) is the first month of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which is used within Sikhism.[1][2] The month begins on March 14th and ends on April 14th, being followed by Vaisakh.[3] It is the first month of the Nanakshahi calendar, however the Punjabi peasantry celebrate their new year on Vaisakh 1 on April 14th as it is when their harvest is due.[4]
This month coincides with Chaitra in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar, and March and April in the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 31 days long.
March
[edit]- 14 March (1 Chet) – Nanakshahi New Year
- 14 March (1 Chet) – Gur Gadi of Guru Har Rai
- 19 March (6 Chet) – Joti Jot of Guru Hargobind
- Hola Mohalla
April
[edit]- 9 April (27 Chet) – Birthday of Sahibzada Jujhar Singh Ji
- 14 April (1 Vaisakh) – The end of the month Chet and the start of Vaisakh
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Melton, J. Gordon (13 September 2011). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. ABC-CLIO. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-59884-205-0.
- ^ Mishra, Vinod K. (2020). "4.3 The Nanakshahi Calendar (Tropical-Solar) - Months of Nanakshahi Calendar". Calendars of India. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 34–35. ISBN 9788120842762.
- ^ Melton, J. Gordon, ed. (13 September 2011). "The Nanakshahi Calendar of the Sikhs". Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 162–163. ISBN 9781598842067.
- ^ Fenech, Louis E.; McLeod, W. H. (11 June 2014). "NANAKSHAHI CALENDAR". Historical Dictionary of Sikhism (3rd ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 223–224. ISBN 9781442236011.
