Cheti Chand 2027
चेटी चंडThursday 8 April 2027 · in 159 days
Cheti Chand is the Sindhi new year and the day Sindhi families celebrate the birth of Jhulelal. It is a day of the first crescent moon, songs of Ayo Lal Jhulelal and offerings carried to the water.
Pujas for Cheti Chand, in order
Cheti Chand 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Thursday 8 April 2027
- Tithi
- Chaitra Shukla Dwitiya
- Dwitiya begins
- 4:29 AM, 8 April
- Dwitiya ends
- 3:11 AM, 9 April
- Sunrise
- 6:03 AM
- Sunset
- 6:42 PM
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Other years
Cheti Chand 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Friday 20 March 2026
- Tithi
- Chaitra Shukla Dwitiya
- Dwitiya begins
- 4:53 AM, 20 March
- Dwitiya ends
- 2:31 AM, 21 March
- Sunrise
- 6:25 AM
- Sunset
- 6:32 PM
How to observe
- Visit the Jhulelal mandir or tikano and offer prayers.
- Prepare the bahrana sahib with a lamp, mishri, fruit, flowers and a kalash.
- Join the procession to the water and offer the bahrana with prayers.
- Cook tahiri and share it with family and neighbours.
- Greet elders for their blessings and share sweets for the new year.
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About Cheti Chand
Cheti Chand takes its name from Chet, the Sindhi name for Chaitra, and chand, the moon. It is kept on the day the first crescent appears after the Chaitra new moon, which usually falls on Chaitra Shukla Dwitiya. For Sindhi Hindus it is both the new year and the birthday of Jhulelal, also called Uderolal, Darya Lal and Zinda Pir, who is revered as a form of Varuna, the deity of water.
The story told in Sindhi homes is of a time when the people of Sindh lived under a harsh ruler who wanted them to give up their faith. They prayed on the banks of the Indus, and it is believed that Jhulelal was born in answer. He grew into a young man of great courage and brought the ruler to accept that every person should be free to worship in their own way. He is remembered as a protector and as a voice for living together in peace.
On Cheti Chand, families visit the tikano or Jhulelal mandir and offer prayers. The central rite is the bahrana sahib: a tray carrying a lit lamp, mishri, cardamom, fruit, flowers and a kalash with a coconut wrapped in cloth. It is carried in procession, with music and dancing, to a river, lake or the sea, and offered to the water with prayers, a reminder of how much life depends on water. Chants of Ayo Lal Jhulelal fill the streets.
Homes prepare tahiri, a sweet rice, along with other Sindhi dishes, and many communities hold fairs, cultural programmes and shared meals.
Because the festival follows the first sight of the new crescent, it is tied to Dwitiya in Chaitra, and the day is set by the tithi each year. Local Sindhi panchayats and temples follow their own custom for the procession.