Short description: Fifth month of the Nanakshahi calendar
For the month of the Hindu calendar, see
Shraavana.
Sāwaṇ or Sāuṇ (Shahmukhi: ساؤݨ; Gurmukhi: ਸਾਵਣ, ਸਾਉਣ, pa) is the fifth month[1] in the Punjabi calendar and the Nanakshahi calendar.[2] The month begins on July 16th, after Harh, and ends on August 16th, being followed by Bhadon.[3]
Many Indian calendars started in different eras such as Shaka Calendar (national calendar of India) traditional Vikrama as well as the Nanakshahi calendar which governs the activities within Sikhism. This month coincides with the Sanskrit श्रावण Shraavana in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar, with which it shares derivation,[4] and with July and August in the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 31 days long, like the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
This month is the most humid month of the year in South Asia.
Important events during this month
July
- July 16 - Aug 15 (1 Sawan) - The start of the month Sawan
- July 23 (8 Sawan) - Birth of Guru Har Krishan
August
- August 16 (1 Bhadon) - The end of the month Sawan and the start of Bhadon
See also
References
- ↑ Thomas, R. Hughes (1855) (in en). Memoirs on Shikarpoor, the Syuds of Roree and Bakku, the Khyrpoor State ... Memoirs on the River Indus .... Government at Bombay Education Society's Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=AkFDAAAAYAAJ&q=chait+chaitra&pg=PA616.
- ↑ 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 (Sep 13, 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.
- ↑ Nilsson, Usha (1997) (in en). Mira Bai (Rajasthani Poetess). Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-0411-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvUvAFCQWPoC&q=Chait+Chaitra&pg=PA68.
External links
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