Chaitra month

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Hindu calendar month month

Chaitra month is the first month of the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling in March–April, and is associated with the onset of spring and numerous regional festivals.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Chaitra 1
Chaitra (Bengali month) 1
Chaitra Maas 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu calendar month ⓘ
month ⓘ
altName Chait ⓘ
Chaitra month ⓘ
surface form: Chaitra Maas

Chaitra Mahina ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Navaratri ⓘ
surface form: Chaitra Navratri

Cheti Chand ⓘ
Gudi Padwa ⓘ
Rama Navami ⓘ
Ugadi ⓘ
Vishu ⓘ
surface form: Vishu (in some regional reckoning)
associatedWithZodiacSign Mesha (Aries) in some regional calendars ⓘ
calendarType lunar ⓘ
lunisolar ⓘ
correspondsTo first month of the Shaka Samvat calendar (in some traditions) ⓘ
first month of the Vikram Samvat calendar ⓘ
culturalSignificance start of many regional New Year celebrations ⓘ
etymologyFrom Sanskrit word "Chaitra" ⓘ
follows Phalguna ⓘ
hasBeginningDefinedBy full moon ⓘ
new moon ⓘ
hemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
isPartOf Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ
surface form: Hindu lunar calendar

Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ
lengthInDays 29–30 ⓘ
linkedConcept Ugadi ⓘ
surface form: Hindu New Year

Navaratri ⓘ
surface form: Navratri

Rama worship ⓘ
marks onset of spring in many parts of India ⓘ
observedBy Hindus ⓘ
some Buddhists in South Asia ⓘ
positionInYear 1 ⓘ
precedes Vaishakha ⓘ
regionalImportance high in Central India ⓘ
high in North India ⓘ
high in Western India ⓘ
high in parts of South India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
seasonAssociatedWith spring ⓘ
typicalGregorianSpan April ⓘ
March ⓘ
usedIn People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Hindu religious calendar ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
traditional Indian lunisolar calendars ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gangaur → timeOfYear → Chaitra month ⓘ
Navreh → observedInMonth → Chaitra month ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chaitra
Tamil culture → hasMonth → Chaitra month ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chithirai
Garia Puja → timeOfYear → Chaitra month ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chaitra (Bengali month)
Chaitra month → altName → Chaitra month ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaitra
this entity surface form: Chaitra Maas