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Chetri Chandra (Sindhi: چيتي چند, Moon of Chaitra) is a festival that marks the beginning of the Lunar Hindu New Year for Sindhi Hindus. [3] [8] The date of the festival is based on the lunar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, falling on the first day of the year, in the Sindhi month of Chet (). [3]
So much has been said and written about it that it would be superfluous to mention the event again. In Sindh the beginning of the New Year was considered Cheti Chand . Some businessmen open new account books on Cheti Chand; many however, do that on the eve of Diwali. On the full moon, people used to go to a river or lake and offer 'Akho' with a ...
Date Festival name Region / Communities / Religions [3] Solar: 1 Vaisakh (13/14 April) Vaisakhi: Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, and parts of Delhi: Lunar: varies, Mar/Apr: Chaitra Navaratri (Hindu Lunar New Year)
Sindhi people celebrate the day as Cheti Chand, it is observed as the emergence of the day of Jhulelal. Prayers are offered to Jhulelal, and the festival is celebrated by making delicacies like tahiri (sweet rice) and sai bhaji. [3] However, this is not the universal new year for all Hindus.
Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand, Yugadi, Navreh (Chandramana Nava Varsha) Traditional Gudhi: First Day of waxing moon of Chaitra (Hindu calendar) Gudhi Padwa / ChetiChand is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu Lunar month of Chaitra, and is celebrated as New Year's Day by Marathis, Konkanis and Sindhis.
According to Jain texts, Mahavira was born on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the moon in the month of Chaitra in the year 599 BCE (Chaitra Sud 13). [3] [4] So Jains celebrate Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism during Chaitra
Date - Hindu lunar calendar Date - Gregorian calendar Celebrating or Dieting worshiped Duration Description Gudi Padwa: 1st day of Chaitra: March–April: New Year: One day: The year starts on the first day of Chaitra known as Gudi Padwa] which falls around March or April of the Western calendar. A gudi or victory pole is erected outside the ...
Today, the sun's entry into Aries occurs around 18 April, according to astronomical definitions. [1] Some traditional calendars are still marked by the sun's actual movements while others have since been fixed to the Gregorian calendar.