Falgun Explained

Calendar:	Bengali calendar
Num:	11
Days:	29/30
Season:	Spring
Gregorian:	February–March
Holidays:	Chotiro 30 – Choitro Sankranti

Falgun or Phalgun (; Nepali: फाल्गुण) or Phagun (Assamese: ফাগুন) is the eleventh month of the year in the Bengali calendar,^[1] the Assamese calendar,^[2] and the Nepali calendar.^[3] In the revision of the Bengali calendar used in Bangladesh since October 2019, the month has 29 days in common years or 30 in leap years of the Gregorian calendar.^[4] In the previous version of the calendar, used in Bangladesh from 1987 through October 2019, Falgun had 30 days in common years or 31 days in leap years.^[5] The month has 29 or 30 days, based on the true movements of the Sun, in the old non-reformed Bengali calendar, still used in West Bengal, and in the Nepali calendar.^[6]

Falgun was named for the nakshatra (lunar mansion) Uttara phalguni, in the vicinity of which the full moon appears at that time of the year.^[7] It marks the arrival of spring, the sixth and final season in Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, and Nepal. Falgun falls between mid-February and mid-March on the Gregorian calendar.^[8]

Observances

• Falgun 1 - Pahela Falgun (Bangladesh)^[9]
• Falgun 7 – Democracy Day (Nepal)^[10]
• Falgun 8
  • Language Martyrs' Day (Bangladesh)
  • International Mother Language Day (Bangladesh, India)^[11]
• Falgun 12 – National Education Day (Nepal)^[12]
• Falgun 14 – Maha Shivaratri (India, Nepal)^[13]
• Falgun full moon – Dol Purnima (India), Holi (Bangladesh, India)^[14]

See also

• Bangla Calendar
• Culture of Bangladesh
• Culture of Nepal

External links

• Web site: Bangabda . Banglapedia . en.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gyllenbok . Jan . Jan Gyllenbok . 2018 . Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures . 1 . Birkhäuser . 260–261 . 978-3-319-57596-4.
2. Book: Gyllenbok . Jan . Jan Gyllenbok . 2018 . Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures . 1 . Birkhäuser . 252 . 978-3-319-57596-4.
3. Book: Crump . William D. . 2014 . Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide . McFarland . 38 . 978-1-4766-0748-1.
4. News: Bangladesh reworks Bangla calendar to match national days with West . bdnews24.com . 17 October 2019.
5. Book: Chakrabarti . Kunal . Chakrabarti . Shubhra . 2013 . Historical dictionary of the Bengalis . Scarecrow Press . 114–115 . 978-0-8108-5334-8.
6. Book: Crump . William D. . 2014 . Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide . McFarland . 26–27 . 978-1-4766-0748-1.
7. Jones . Howard D. . 2018 . Historical Note: The Origin of the 28 Nakṣatras in Early Indian Astronomy and Astrology . Indian Journal of History of Science . 53 . 3 . 319 . 10.16943/ijhs/2018/v53i3/49463. 134652511 . free .
8. Book: Nicholas . Ralph W. . 2003 . Fruits of Worship: Practical Religion in Bengal . Chronicle Books . New Delhi . 27 . 978-81-8028-006-1.
9. News: Pahela Falgun brings colour in life . The Daily Star . UNB . 13 February 2018.
10. News: Two Tundikhel events . Nepali Times . 19 February 2021.
11. News: Tithila . Kohinur Khyum . Ashshin in 31 days in revised Bangla calendar . Dhaka Tribune . 22 October 2019.
12. Graner . Elvira . July 2006 . Education in Nepal: Meeting or Missing the Millennium Development Goals? . Contributions to Nepalese Studies . 33 . 2 . 153.
13. News: Nepal celebrates Mahashivaratri festival . Xinhua News Agency . 20 February 2012.
14. Book: MacDonald . Margaret Read . 1992 . The Folklore of World Holidays . Gale Research . 144–145 . 0-8103-7577-X.