What is Bengali calendar?
The '''Bengali Calendar''' ({{lang-bn|বঙ্গাব্দ}} ''Bonggabdo'' or {{lang|bn|বাংলা সন}} ''Bangla Shon'') also known as the '''Bangla Calendar''', is the official and national calendar of [[Bangladesh]]. On the calendar, [[Pohela Boishakh|Pahelā Baishākh]] is the [[New Year]] and it starts on 14 April or 15 April on the [[Gregorian calendar|Western calendar]] if it is either before Pahelā Baishākh, or 593 less if after Pahelā Baishākh. The Bengali calendar has 6 seasons and each of them make up two months. Starting at Pahelā Baishākh, the seasons are Grišma (গ্রীষ্ম) or [[summer]]; Barṣā (বর্ষা) or [[Wet season|rainy]]/[[monsoon]] season; Šarat (শরৎ) or [[autumn]]; Hemanta (হেমন্ত) or the [[dry season]]; Šīt (শীত) or [[winter]]; and Basanta (বসন্ত) or [[Spring (season)|spring]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chakrabarti|last2=Chakrabarti|first1=Kunal|first2=Shubhra|title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|pages=114}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Bangladesh]] [[Category:Calendars]]