Falgun or Phalgun (; ) or Phagun () is the eleventh month of the year in the

Bengali calendar The Bengali Calendar or Bangla Calendar (, colloquially , or , , "Bangla Year") is a solar calendar used in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. In contrast to the traditional Indian Hindu calendar, which begins with the month Chait ...

, the

Assamese calendar The Assamese Calendar () is a Lunisolar calendar, followed in the Indian state of Assam. The New Year in the Assamese calendar is known as '' Bohag Bihu''. The calendar is counted from the date of the ascension of Kumar Bhashkar Barman to the t ...

, and the

Nepali calendar Nepali Patro can refer to: * Vikram Samvat Vikram Samvat (ISO: ''Vikrama Saṁvata''; abbreviated VS), also known as the Vikrami calendar is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still also used in several Indian st ...

. In the revision of the Bengali calendar used in

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since October 2019, the month has 29 days in

common year A common year is a calendar year with 365 days, as distinguished from a ''leap year'', which has 366 days. More generally, a common year is one without Intercalation (timekeeping), intercalation. The Gregorian calendar, used by the majority of ...

s or 30 in

leap year A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year. The 366th day (or 13th month) is added to keep t ...

s of the

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. 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. 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

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, and in the Nepali calendar. Falgun was named for the ''

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'' (

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) ''Uttara phalguni'', in the vicinity of which the full moon appears at that time of the year. It marks the arrival of

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, the sixth and final season in Bangladesh, West Bengal,

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, and

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. Falgun falls between mid-February and mid-March on the Gregorian calendar.

Observances

* Falgun 1 –

Pahela Falgun Pohela Falgun () is a festival observed the first day of Spring of the Bengali month of Falgun in Bangladesh. The celebration was started in 1991 by students of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts. Before 2019, the first of Falgun used to ...

(Bangladesh) * Falgun 7 –

Democracy Day (Nepal) The 2006 Nepal revolution also known as the Democracy Movement ( ''Jana Andolan II''). It was a political movement that was opposed to Nepal's monarchy system under King Gyanendra. The movement was the second protest against the monarchy, foll ...

* Falgun 8 **

Language Martyrs' Day The Language Movement Day (), officially called Language Martyrs' Day (), is a national holiday of Bangladesh taking place on 21 February each year and commemorating the Bengali language movement and its martyrs. On this day, people visit Shahee ...

(Bangladesh) **

International Mother Language Day International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. First announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, it was formally reco ...

(Bangladesh, India) * Falgun 12 – National Education Day (Nepal) * Falgun 14 –

Maha Shivaratri Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually to worship the deity Shiva, between February and March. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half (night start with darkness - ...

(India, Nepal) * Falgun full moon –

Dol Purnima Dol Purnima, also popularly known as Dol Jatra, Dola Jatra, Doul Utsav or Deul, is a Hindu swing festival celebrated during the Holi festival of Assam, Bengal, Braj region, Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Tripura. This festival is dedicated to ...

(India),

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(Bangladesh, India)

References

External links

* Months of the Bengali calendar {{Nepal-culture-stub

Observances

See also

References

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