Jeth
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Jeth is a third month of the Nanakshahi calendar
, which govern the activities within Sikhism
. This month coincides with May and June in the Gregorian
and Julian
calendas and is 31 days long.
Nanakshahi calendar
The Nanakshahi calendar is a tropical solar calendar that was adopted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee to determine the dates for important Sikh events. It was designed by Pal Singh Purewal to replace the Saka calendar and has been in use since 1998...
, which govern the activities within Sikhism
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...
. This month coincides with May and June in the Gregorian
Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...
and Julian
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
calendas and is 31 days long.
May
- May 15 (1 Jeth) - The start of the month Jeth
- May 23 (9 Jeth) - Birth of Guru Amar DasGuru Amar DasGuru Amar Das was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and was given the title of Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552.-His life:...
Ji
June
- June 11 (28 Jeth) - Gur Gadi of Guru Har GobindGuru Har GobindGuru Hargobind Sahib, also Saccha Badshah was the sixth of the Sikh gurus and became Guru on 25 May 1606 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Arjan Dev. He was not, perhaps, more than eleven at his father's execution...
Ji - June 15 (1 Harh) - The end of the month Jeth and the start of HarhHarhHarh is the fourth month of the Nanakshahi calendar. This month coincides with June and July of the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 31 days in length.During this month, the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev was martyred by the Mughals.-June:...