Months

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The months of the year: The Gurus reminds the Sikhs of the importance of remembering the Lord in each of the 12 months of the year. The Bani called "Baareh Maahaa" (Twelve months) appears on pages 133 to 136 of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. The Bani starts with an introduction and then Maharaj speaks about the month of Chet which normally coincides with March-April of the Western calendar. The Sikh New year falls in spring time (in the northern hemisphere) and is generally celebrated on March 14 each year.

The Sikh calendar called the Nanakshahi Calendar was developed by a Canadian Sikh, Pal Singh Purewal, a retired computer engineer. He started work on the new calendar in the 1960s and now most Sikhs follow this calendar instead of the Hindu version which was followed before. The calendar contains 5 months of 31 days followed by 7 months of 30 days. In a leap year every 4 years, the last month (Phagun) has an extra day added.

• The list of the months appears below:

No.	Name	Punjabi	Days	Julian Months	2006 New Month Dates
1	Chet	ਚੇਤ	31	March - April	14 March
2	Vaisakh	ਵੈਸਾਖ	31	April - May	14 April
3	Jeth	ਜੇਠ	31	May - June	15 May
4	Harh	ਹਾੜ	31	June - July	15 June
5	Sawan	ਸਾਵਣ	31	July - August	16 July
6	Bhadon	ਭਾਦੋਂ	30	August - September	16 August
7	Assu	ਅੱਸੂ	30	September - October	15 September
8	Katak	ਕੱਤਕ	30	October - November	15 October
9	Maghar	ਮੱਘਰ	30	November - December	14 November
10	Poh	ਪੋਹ	30	December - January	14 December
11	Magh	ਮਾਘ	30	January - February	13 January
12	Phagun	ਫੱਗਣ	30/311	February - March	12 February

• ¹ Days in Phagun: normally 30, but 31 in leap years

See also

• Nanakshahi Calendar
• Bara Maha

These are the Twelve Months of the Nanakshahi Calendar

1 Chet | 2 Vaisakh | 3 Jeth | 4 Harh | 5 Sawan | 6 Bhadon | 7 Assu | 8 Katak | 9 Maghar | 10 Poh | 11 Magh | 12 Phagun

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