Months

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
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