Haal Khata
haal khata bengali হাল খাতা festival celebrated bengali merchant shopkeeper trader poila boisakh first day bengali calendar opening new ledger mughal emperor akbar established new calendar based old solar bengali calendar ease taxation mughals used halkhata mahurat collect tax tradition haal khata believed originated haal khata bengali tradition year old haal mean updating khata mean ledger first day bengali year trader close old ledger open new ledger new year customer invited settle old debt start fresh day muslim businessmen start anew writing bismillah elahi bharsa new account book mark event haal khata dawat event marked special puja hindu trader shopkeeper seeking improve relationship customer trader give sweet snack gift festival celebrated bangladesh west bengal assam barak valley tripura india believed bring good luck business