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Chet (
Shahmukhi Shahmukhi (, , , ) is the right-to-left abjad-based script developed from the Perso-Arabic alphabet used for the Punjabi language varieties, predominantly in Punjab, Pakistan. It is generally written in the Nastaʿlīq calligraphic hand, whic ...
: ; Gurmukhi: , ) is the first month of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which is used within
Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...
. This month coincides with Chaitra in the
Hindu calendar The Hindu calendar, also called Panchangam, Panchanga (), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes ...
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


See also

* Chaitra


References

{{SikhCalendar Months of the Nanakshahi calendar Months of the Punjabi calendar Sikh practices