{"id":352591,"date":"2025-12-23T16:17:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=352591"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:47:41","slug":"chillai-kalan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chillai-kalan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chillai-Kalan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Chillai-Kalan began on December 21, 2025, bringing rain and snowfall across Kashmir after a prolonged dry spell in the Valley.<\/p>\n<h2>About Chillai-Kalan<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_352592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352592\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-352592\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-News-X.jpg?resize=349%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chillai-Kalan\" width=\"349\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-News-X.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-News-X.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-News-X.jpg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-News-X.jpg?w=1027&amp;ssl=1 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; News X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Chillai-Kalan is the <strong>forty-day <\/strong>period of the<strong> harshest winter cold <\/strong>in the <strong>Kashmir Valley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming<\/strong>: The term Chillai-Kalan comes from <strong>Persian and means <\/strong><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Major Cold\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Duration<\/strong>: It generally begins on <strong>December 21 and continues until January 30.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong> It is characterized by <strong>sub-zero temperatures<\/strong>, <strong>snowfall <\/strong>in higher altitude<strong>\u00a0and rain <\/strong>in the<strong> plains<\/strong>, and freezing of water bodies like the <strong>Dal Lake<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Three Phases<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chillai-Kalan (<\/strong><strong>Big Cold<\/strong><strong>):<\/strong> It is the main <strong>forty-day<\/strong> phase of extreme winter cold from <strong>December 21 to January 30.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chillai-Khurd (Small Cold):<\/strong> It is a <strong>twenty-day<\/strong> period of comparatively moderate cold from January 31 to February 19.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chillai-Bacha (Baby Cold):<\/strong> It is a <strong>ten-day<\/strong> phase of mild cold from February 20 to March 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> Expected <strong>rain and snowfall<\/strong> during Chillai-Kalan may <strong>end a dry spell<\/strong> of over two months, <strong>reduce suspended particulate matter <\/strong>build-up<strong>, <\/strong>improve<strong> air quality <\/strong>and ease rising<strong> respiratory problems .<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural significance<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The night of December 21 is observed in <strong>Persian tradition as Shab-e Yalda-<\/strong><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Night of Birth\u201d, or Shab-e Chelleh. <\/strong><strong>\u2013 \u201c<\/strong><strong>Night of Forty\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological Significance:<\/strong> The heavy snowfall during this period is critical for <strong>replenishing glaciers, streams, and rivers, ensuring water security for the region during summer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Chillai-Kalan began on December 21, 2025, bringing rain and snowfall across Kashmir after a prolonged dry spell in the Valley. About Chillai-Kalan Chillai-Kalan is the forty-day period of the harshest winter cold in the Kashmir Valley. Naming: The term Chillai-Kalan comes from Persian and means \u201cMajor Cold\u201d. Duration: It generally begins on December 21&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chillai-kalan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chillai-Kalan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-352591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}