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[11] [12] The Bikrami calendar was in use by the Bengali people of the region. This calendar was named after king Vikramaditya with a zero date of 57 BCE. [13] In rural Bengali communities, the Bengali calendar is credited to "Bikromaditto", like many other parts of India and Nepal. However, unlike these regions where it starts in 57 BCE, the ...
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.
BENGALIDATE India}} gives current date based on the Bengali calendar (which is officially adopted for use in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and elsewhere), and gets automatically updated everyday past mid-night Indian Standard Time. Use {{BENGALIDATE}} to show a similar calendar that is used in Bangladesh
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Religious festivals such as Eid are based on the Islamic calendar, while other national holidays are observed according to the Bengali and Gregorian calendars. Since the Islamic calendar is lunar, it does not remain synchronized with the seasons, resulting in a seasonal drift. Consequently, some public holidays, particularly those tied to ...
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.
Ogrohayon (Bengali: অগ্রহায়ণ,Ôgrôhayôn), alternately spelled Agrahayan, is the eighth month of the Bengali calendar. [1] [2] It is the second of the two months that make up the dry season, locally called "Hemanta" (Bengali: হেমন্ত, Hemôntô). [3] It is commonly believed that this month is very auspicious for ...