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{{Infobox holiday<br />
|holiday_name = Jur Sital<br>Maithili New Year<br />
|image = <br />
|caption =<br />
|observedby = [[Maithil]]s<br />
|celebrations = Feasting, gifts<br />
|longtype = Festival<br />
|type = Hinduism<br />
|significance = Solar New Year<br />
|date = 1st Baisakh (14 April)<br />
|frequency = annual<br />
|duration = 1 day<br />
|relatedto = [[South and Southeast Asian solar New Year]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Jur Sital''' or '''Maithili New Year''' is the celebration of the first day of the Maithili new year. Maithils eat bari with bhaat (steamed rice) today. This day which usually falls on 14 April on [[Gregorian calendar]] is celebrated by the [[Maithil]]s in [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of India and Nepal. This is also called Nirayana Mesh Sankranti and Tirhuta new year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/home/mithila/panchang.htm|title=MITHILA PANCHANG|website=Angelfire.com|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> The festive occasion is in keeping with the [[Tirhuta Panchang]] calendar used in the Mithila region.<br />
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==Origin and significance==<br />
The Maithili New Year follows the ''Nirayanam'' [[March equinox|vernal equinox]] and falls on 30 April (may sometimes vary by a day) on the Gregorian year. 14 April marks the first day of the traditional [[Tirhuta Panchang]].<br> Tropical vernal equinox fall around 22 March, and adding 23 degrees of trepidation or oscillation to it, we get the Hindu sidereal or ''Nirayana Mesha Sankranti'' (Sun's transition into ''Nirayana'' Aries).<ref>Maithili Panchang, of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University Published from [[Darbhanga]]</ref><br />
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Hence, the '''Maithili calendar''' begins on the same date, with Baishakh as first month of the year. It is also observed by most traditional calendars in India as in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Tripura and also in Nepal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imsc.res.in/~rahul/articles/calendar.html|title=Keeping Track of Time|website=Imsc.res.in|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Official significance==<br />
Maithili Calendar is the traditional Calendar of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] region of India and Nepal. <br />
After a long period of demand, [[Government of Bihar|Bihar government]] in 2011 declared this day as public holiday to be observed statewide. Officially, the Maithili New year day is called as Mithila Diwas by the Government of Bihar. Every year there will be holiday for Mithila Diwas on 14 April in the Indian State of [[Bihar]] on account of the great festival of Juir Sheetal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bank-holidays.com/holidays_2012_245.htm|title=India (Bihar) - bank and public holidays of the world - 1970-2070|website=Bank-holidays.com|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Maithili New Year or Jur Sital, thali - 20200414.jpg|Maithili New Year's Thali<br />
File:Maithili New Year or Jur Sital, Jhori bari - 20200414.jpg|Maithili New Year, Jhori bari<br />
File:Maithili New Year or Jur Sital, taruwa thali - 20200414.jpg|Maithili New Year, taruwa thali<br />
File:Maithili New Year or Jur Sital, taruwa plate - 20200414.jpg|Maithili New Year, taruwa plate<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Mithila (region)]]<br />
* [[Mithila (India)]]<br />
* [[Mithila (Nepal)]]<br />
* [[Tirhut]]<br />
* [[Tirhuta script]]<br />
* [[Maithili language]]<br />
* [[Darbhanga]]<br />
* [[Madhubani, Bihar|Madhubani]]<br />
* [[Saharsa]]<br />
* [[Supaul]]<br />
* [[Muzaffarpur]]<br />
* [[Vidyapati]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Public holidays in Nepal]]<br />
[[Category:Nepalese culture]]<br />
[[Category:New Year in India]]<br />
[[Category:New Year celebrations]]<br />
[[Category:April observances]]<br />
[[Category:Observances set by the Vikram Samvat calendar]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Mithila]]<br />
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