Cheti Chand

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Chetri Chandra
Ishta Devta of the Sindhi Hindus
Also calledSindhi new year
Observed bySindhi Hindus
TypeHindu
Celebrations2 days[1][2]
ObservancesSindhi New Year's Day, mela (fairs), social feast, processions, dancing[3]
DateMarch/April
Related toUgadi, Gudi Padwa
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Chetri Chandra (

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 (Chaitra).[3] It typically falls in late March or early April in the Gregorian calendar on or about the same day as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Ugadi
in other parts of the Deccan region and Hindu Samvat Nav Varsha or beginning on New Year in Hindu Samvat Calendar of India.

Overview

The festival marks the arrival of spring and harvest,

Sufi Muslim followers, Jhulelal is known as "Khwaja Khizir" or "Zindapir". The Hindu Sindhi, according to this legend, celebrate the new year as Uderolal's birthday.[8][10]

The tradition likely started with Daryapanthis. During the British colonial rule era, major annual fairs (melas) used to be held in Uderolal and Zindapir (near Hyderabad, Pakistan).[3] In contemporary times, the Sindhi community celebrates the festival of Cheti Chand with major fairs, feast parties, processions with jhankis (glimpse stage) of Jhulelal (an avatar of [Varun dev], similar to Vithoba),[12] other Hindu deities, and social dancing.[3]

On this day, many

leaves).[13][14] There is also a Murti (statue) of Pujya Jhulelal Devta. Cheti Chand is a major festival of Sindhi Hindus in India and Pakistan,[1] and also celebrated by the Hindu Sindhi diaspora around the world.[3][11]

Months (lunar)

Month no. Name Sindhi Naskh Sindhi Nagari Western months
1 Wesakh ويسخ वेसाख Mid April – Mid May
2 Jheth جيٿ जेठ Mid May – Mid June
3 Akhar اکڙي आखर Mid June – Mid July
4 Saanwanr سانوڻ सावनवार Mid July – Mid August
5 Baddo بدو बडो Mid August – Mid September
6 Asav آساو आसव Mid September – Mid October
7 Katee ڪيٽي केटी Mid October – Mid November
8 Nahri نهري नाहरी Mid November – Mid December
9 Poh پوهه पोह Mid December – Mid January
10
Maangh
 مانگھ मांग Mid January – Mid February
11 Phagun ڦاڄن फागुन Mid February – Mid March
12 Chet چيٽ चेट Mid March – Mid April

References

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  5. ^ "2020 – Sindhi / Hindu Calendar". www.jhulelal.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 – Sindhi / Hindu Calendar". www.jhulelal.com. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 – Sindhi / Hindu Calendar". www.jhulelal.com. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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  9. ^ "Jhulelal Jayanti 2021 (Cheti Chand) [Hindi]: जानिए झूलेलाल जी को विस्तार से". S A NEWS. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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  13. ^ "PHOTOS: How India celebrates New Year". Rediff. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  14. ^ "cheti chand,sindhi festivals, chaliho sahab - Festivals Of India". www.festivalsofindia.in. Retrieved 2021-04-13.

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