Cheti Chand 2028 (popular practice)
Cheti Chand in 2028: the Sindhi new year and Jhulelal Jayanti, on the first evening of the Caitra śukla Dvitīyā by our stated rule, reckoned at Ahmedabad for every city.
Cheti Chand at Ahmedabad
Monday, 27 March
Cheti Chand is in 526 days. In Ahmedabad the Dvitīyā runs from Mon 27 Mar, 11:43 to Tue 28 Mar, 13:03, so it holds only Monday’s sunset, and Cheti Chand is kept on Monday.
Indian time. The same date holds for every city. Popular practice; no text read gives the day.
How the day is chosen
Cheti Chand is the Sindhi new year, kept as the day of Jhulelal (Jhulelal Jayanti). Popular practice; no text read gives the day.
Our rule: Cheti Chand is the day whose sunset falls in the Caitra śukla Dvitīyā. When two sunsets fall in it, it is the first of them; when none does, it is the day whose sunrise falls in it. The date is reckoned at Ahmedabad and holds for every city, abroad included.
In Ahmedabad the Dvitīyā runs from Mon 27 Mar, 11:43 to Tue 28 Mar, 13:03, so it holds only Monday’s sunset, and Cheti Chand is kept on Monday.
Why the Dvitīyā, our reading: the old descriptions call Cheti Chand the first day of Chet, and the Sindhi month is counted from the evening the young moon (chand) is first seen. By tithi, that first evening is the Dvitīyā’s.
What the texts and old descriptions say
The Dharmasindhu gives a moon vow on this Dvitīyā, the worship of the young moon at nightfall. It names no Cheti Chand and no Jhulelal, and is given here as context. Dharmasindhu p. 31
The Gazetteer of the Province of Sind (1907) lists Cheti Chand among the holy days Government recognised in Sind: “the first day of the first month in the Hindu year”, “observed, like our New Year’s Day, chiefly by the Daryapanthis, who hold fairs at Uderolal and Zindpir”. Gazetteer of the Province of Sind p. 206
The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908) gives Chetichand as the Hindu New Year, “the first day of Chet Sudh”, “observed as a rule on the river-side, where large numbers collect”. The Imperial Gazetteer of India p. 411
C. A. Kincaid’s Folk Tales of Sind and Guzarat (1925) records the tradition that Udero Lal, Jhulelal, was born on Cheti Chand. Folk Tales of Sind and Guzarat p. 12
Popular practice: the Behrana Sahib, the processions and the Sindhi new-year count.
Cheti Chand 2028 around the world
One date for every city, abroad included: Monday, 27 March, reckoned at Ahmedabad. The new year of the same month: Ugadi and Gudi Padwa 2028. Other years: Cheti Chand 2027, Cheti Chand 2029; all Cheti Chand dates.
Questions
By our stated rule; popular practice throughout, with the Dharmasindhu and the Sind descriptions as context.
When is Cheti Chand 2028?
On Monday, 27 March 2028, for every city: at Ahmedabad the Dvitīyā runs from Mon 27 Mar, 11:43 to Tue 28 Mar, 13:03, Indian time, so it holds only Monday’s sunset, and Cheti Chand is kept on Monday.
How is the day chosen?
By our rule, which is popular practice: Cheti Chand is the day whose sunset falls in the Caitra śukla Dvitīyā, the second tithi of Caitra’s bright fortnight. When two sunsets fall in it, the first is kept; when none does, the day whose sunrise falls in it. Our reading is that the descriptions’ “first day of Chet” is the first evening the young moon is seen, which by tithi is the Dvitīyā’s. The day is reckoned at Ahmedabad for every city.
Is it the same day as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi?
Often. Gudi Padwa and Ugadi fall on the Caitra śukla Pratipadā, and Cheti Chand on the first evening of the Dvitīyā that follows it, which is often the same day. At Ahmedabad, in 2028, all three fall on Monday, 27 March.
What do the old gazetteers say?
The Gazetteer of the Province of Sind (1907) gives Cheti Chand as “the first day of the first month in the Hindu year”, kept chiefly by the Daryapanthis with fairs at Uderolal and Zindpir. The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908) has Chetichand, the Hindu New Year, “the first day of Chet Sudh”, kept on the riverside. C. A. Kincaid’s Folk Tales of Sind and Guzarat (1925) records the tradition that Udero Lal was born on it. None of them gives a tithi. Gazetteer of the Province of Sind p. 206
How the day is found
Read the methodology- Basis
- Popular practice; no text read gives the day. The rule is ours, stated in full.
- The day
- The Caitra śukla Dvitīyā, in amānta Caitra. The day whose sunset falls in it; when two do, the first; when none does, the day whose sunrise falls in it.
- Why the Dvitīyā
- Our reading of the descriptions, which call Cheti Chand the first day of Chet: the Sindhi month begins with the evening the young moon is first seen.
- The earlier evening
- When the Dvitīyā begins after sunset but within that evening’s pradoṣa (three muhūrtas), the earlier day is shown too. The next case is in 2033.
- An extra Caitra
- In a year with an adhika Caitra, as in 2029, the regular (nija) month’s day leads and the adhika month’s day is shown too.
- One ghaṭikā
- When moving either end of the Dvitīyā by one ghaṭikā (24 minutes) would change the day, the other day is shown too. No year from 2027 to 2035 has such a case.
- One date
- Reckoned at Ahmedabad for every city, abroad included. Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction.
Sunrise and sunset at Ahmedabad, at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa for month names · one date for every city · Swiss Ephemeris · Method