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The Bengali Calendar incorporates the seven-day week as used by many other calendars. The names of the days of the week in the Bengali Calendar are based on the Navagraha (Bengali: নবগ্রহ nôbôgrôhô). The day begins and ends at sunrise in the Bengali calendar, unlike in the Gregorian calendar, where the day starts at midnight.
In 1966, a committee headed by Muhammad Shahidullah was appointed in Bangladesh to reform the traditional Bengali calendar. It proposed the first five months 31 days long, rest 30 days each, with the month of Falgun adjusted to 31 days in every leap year. [3] This was officially adopted by Bangladesh in 1987. [3] [20]
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Throughout the Bengali calendar, many festivals are celebrated. Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in West Bengal. [1] Here is a list of the main festivals of West Bengal.
Asharh (Bengali: আষাঢ় āshāḍh, Odia: ଆଷାଢ଼ āsāḍha) is the third month of the Bengali [1] and Odia calendars [citation needed] and the Tirhuta Panchang (a Hindu calendar followed by the Maithil community in India and Nepal). [2]
Choitro Sankranti is observed in the last day of the month and the last day of the Bengali Calendar. [4] [5] It is celebrated more in rural areas than in urban areas, where it has celebrated for hundreds of years. It is the day before Pohela Boishakh and it more popular than Pohela Boishakh in rural areas. [6]
Bhadro (Bengali: ভাদ্র Bhadrô) is the fifth month in the Bengali calendar. [1] Bhadro marks the beginning of autumn. [2] According to the modified calendar developed by the Bangla Academy, the month of Bhadro has 31 days from 18 August to 17 September in Bangladesh.
Poush (Bengali: পৌষ; Nepali: पौष) is the 9th month of both the Bengali calendar [1] and the Nepali calendar. It overlaps December and January of the Gregorian calendar. It is the first month of the winter season. This month marks the start of Winter (শীত, Sheat) in the Bengali calendar.