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{{Short description|Eleventh month of the Nanakshahi calendar}}
'''Māgh''' (Shahmukhi: {{lang|pa|{{nq|ماگھ}}}}; Gurmukhi: {{lang|pa|	ਮਾਘ}} , {{IPA-pa|máːgᵊ}}) is the eleventh month<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thomas|first=R. Hughes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AkFDAAAAYAAJ&q=chait+chaitra&pg=PA616|title=Memoirs on Shikarpoor, the Syuds of Roree and Bakku, the Khyrpoor State ... Memoirs on the River Indus ...|date=1855|publisher=Government at Bombay Education Society's Press|language=en}}</ref> of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs the activities within [[Religion:Sikhism|Sikhism]]. 

This month coincides with Magha in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nilsson|first=Usha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvUvAFCQWPoC&q=Chait+Chaitra&pg=PA68|title=Mira Bai (Rajasthani Poetess)|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0411-9|language=en}}</ref> and January and February in the [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]] and [[Julian calendar|Julian]] calendars and is 30 days long.

==Important events during this month==
===January===
*January 14 (1 Māgh) - The start of the month Magh
*January 31 (19 Māgh) - Birth of [[Biography:Guru Har Rai|Guru Har Rai]] Ji

===February===
*February 11 (30 Māgh) - Birthday of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Ji 
*February 12 (1 Phaggan) - The end of the month Magh and the start of [[Religion:Phaggan|Phaggan]]

==See also==
*Punjabi calendar

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=133&english=t&id=5450#l5450 www.srigranth.org SGGS Page 133]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060614011714/http://www.sikhcoalition.org/SikhismCalendar.asp www.sikhcoalition.org]


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