Chet (month)

Short description: First month of the Nanakshahi calendar

Chet (Shahmukhi: چیت; Gurmukhi: ਚੇਤ, Punjabi pronunciation: [t͡ʃeːt̪ᵊ]) is a first month of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which is used within Sikhism.^[1]

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

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

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

References

↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2011-09-13) (in en). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. ABC-CLIO. pp. 162. ISBN 978-1-59884-205-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=KDU30Ae4S4cC.

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[1] Melton, J. Gordon (2011-09-13) (in en). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations. ABC-CLIO. pp. 162. ISBN 978-1-59884-205-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=KDU30Ae4S4cC.

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Chet (month)

Topic: Religion

Contents

March

April

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