Jur Sital · Maithil New Year Festival The Maithil new year, kept the morning after Satuain, and the only new year in India whose whole rite is cold water.
Jur Sital · Maithil New Year 2027 falls on Thursday, 15 April, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Jur Sital · Maithil New Year
- मैथिली
- जुड़ि शीतल
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Mithila calendar, computed for Chennai
- Thursday, 15 April 2027
- Friday, 14 April 2028
- Saturday, 14 April 2029
Where Jur Sital · Maithil New Year falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 15 Apr
- 2028: 14 Apr
- 2029: 14 Apr
The dates, year by year
Mithila calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Jur Sital · Maithil New Year |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Monday, 14 April 2025 |
| 2026 | Wednesday, 15 April 2026 |
| 2027 | Thursday, 15 April 2027 |
| 2028 | Friday, 14 April 2028 |
| 2029 | Saturday, 14 April 2029 |
| 2030 | Monday, 15 April 2030 |
| 2031 | Tuesday, 15 April 2031 |
| 2032 | Wednesday, 14 April 2032 |
| 2033 | Thursday, 14 April 2033 |
| 2034 | Saturday, 15 April 2034 |
| 2035 | Sunday, 15 April 2035 |
| 2036 | Monday, 14 April 2036 |
Worked out for Chennai, Lahiri ayanamsa. A date is a function of the place: set yours above and the next three come back for where you are.
What the day is
The Maithil new year, kept the morning after Satuain, and the only new year in India whose whole rite is cold water. The food and water of the day before are kept overnight and eaten cold, because no fire is lit for the first meal, and the elders of the house pour water on the heads of the young, who pour it on the earth, on the tulsi and at the root of every tree in the compound. The name says it: jur is cold, sital is cool. Boys play in the mud ponds and the fields are watered, and the day closes with a meal of the previous night's rice soured in water.
- Deity
- Surya, Bhumi
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
Clock times for Thursday, 15 April 2027 at Chennai
The morning after Satuain, which is the morning after the sunrise to sunrise day of the Mesha sankranti. The water is poured early, before the day heats.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 05:57 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
Sunrise 05:57, sunset 18:22, UTC+5.5. These are the instants the rule is read at, not the temple's own puja times, which every temple prints for itself.
The fast
No fast is kept, and nothing fresh is cooked for the first meal: the basi bhat, the rice of the day before soured in water, is eaten with the leftover dal and the achar.
Where the regions differ
Mithila and the Nepal Terai keep it; Janakpur and Darbhanga keep it hardest, and the Maithil diaspora keeps it as Aakhar Bochhor, the first day of the year.
The dates above are the Mithila reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules that go with this festival
A temple visit, or the first darshan at a new temple. No weekday is ruled out: Tuesday belongs to Murugan and the Amman, Saturday to Perumal and Sani, so the day usually follows the deity rather than the almanac. Ashtami and Chaturdasi are the two tithis held back for darshan, with the standing exceptions of Sivaratri on Krishna Chaturdasi and Kala Bhairava Ashtami, which are kept on those very days. Rahu kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika kaal are not scored here; the panchangam page prints them for the day you pick, and most families simply wait them out.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.