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