Editing Chet (month)

{{Short description|First month of the Nanakshahi calendar}}
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{{Use British English|date = August 2010}}
'''Chet''' ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang|pa|{{nq|چیت}}}}; [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang|pa|ਚੇਤ}}, {{IPA|pa|t͡ʃeːt̪ᵊ}}) is the first month of the [[Punjabi calendar]] as well as the [[Nanakshahi calendar]], which is used within [[Sikhism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Melton |first=J. Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDU30Ae4S4cC |title=Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations |date=2011-09-13 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-205-0 |pages=162}}</ref>

This month coincides with [[Chaitra]] in the [[Hindu calendar]] and the [[Indian national calendar]], and March and April in the [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]] and [[Julian calendar|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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[[Category:Months of the Nanakshahi calendar]]
[[Category:Months of the Punjabi calendar]]
[[Category:Sikh practices]]