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{{Short description|Fifth month of the Nanakshahi calendar}} {{for|the month of the Hindu calendar|Shraavana}} {{other uses}} {{Contains special characters|Indic}} '''Sāwaṇ''' or '''Sāuṇ''' ([[Shahmukhi]]: {{lang|pa|{{nq|ساؤݨ}}}}; [[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang|pa|ਸਾਵਣ, ਸਾਉਣ}}, {{IPA|pa|saːʋəɳᵊ, saːʊɳᵊ}}) is the fifth [[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> in the [[Punjabi calendar]] and the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]. Many Indian calendars started in different eras such as Shaka Calendar (national calendar of India) traditional [[Vikrama]] as well as the [[Nanakshahi calendar]] which governs the activities within [[Sikhism]]. This month coincides with the Sanskrit श्रावण [[Shraavana]] in the [[Hindu calendar]] and the [[Indian national calendar]], with which it shares derivation,<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 with July and August in the [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]] and [[Julian calendar|Julian]] calendars and is 31 days long, like the Gregorian and Julian calendars. This month is the most humid month of the year in South Asia.
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