Chet (month)

{{Short description|First month of the Nanakshahi calendar}}

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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.{{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}}

This month coincides with Chaitra in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar, and March and April in the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 31 days long.