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| calendar = * Bengali calendar| num = * 11 | days = 29/30| season = Spring| gregorian = February–March| holidays = Chotiro 30 – Choitro SankrantiMagh (Bengali calendar)>Magh | next_month = Choitro }}Falgun or Phalgun (; ) or Phagun () is the eleventh month of the year in the Bengali calendar,BOOK, Gyllenbok, Jan, Jan Gyllenbok, 2018, Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures, 1, Birkhäuser, 260–261, 978-3-319-57596-4, the Assamese calendar,BOOK, Gyllenbok, Jan, Jan Gyllenbok, 2018, Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures, 1, Birkhäuser, 252, 978-3-319-57596-4, and the Nepali calendar.BOOK, Crump, William D., 2014, Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide,weblink McFarland, 38, 978-1-4766-0748-1, 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.NEWS, Bangladesh reworks Bangla calendar to match national days with West,weblink bdnews24.com, 17 October 2019, 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.BOOK, Chakrabarti, Kunal, Chakrabarti, Shubhra, 2013, Historical dictionary of the Bengalis,weblink Scarecrow Press, 114–115, 978-0-8108-5334-8, 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.BOOK, Crump, William D., 2014, Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide,weblink McFarland, 26–27, 978-1-4766-0748-1, 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.JOURNAL, 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, 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.BOOK, Nicholas, Ralph W., 2003, Fruits of Worship: Practical Religion in Bengal,weblink Chronicle Books, New Delhi, 27, 978-81-8028-006-1,

Observances

• Falgun 1 - Pahela Falgun (Bangladesh)NEWS, Pahela Falgun brings colour in life,weblink The Daily Star, UNB, 13 February 2018,
• Falgun 7 – Democracy Day (Nepal)NEWS, Two Tundikhel events,weblink Nepali Times, 19 February 2021,
• Falgun 8
  • Language Martyrs' Day (Bangladesh)
  • International Mother Language Day (Bangladesh, India)NEWS, Tithila, Kohinur Khyum, Ashshin in 31 days in revised Bangla calendar,weblink Dhaka Tribune, 22 October 2019,
• Falgun 12 – National Education Day (Nepal)JOURNAL, Graner, Elvira, July 2006, Education in Nepal: Meeting or Missing the Millennium Development Goals?,weblink Contributions to Nepalese Studies, 33, 2, 153,
• Falgun 14 – Maha Shivaratri (India, Nepal)NEWS, Nepal celebrates Mahashivaratri festival,weblink Xinhua News Agency, 20 February 2012,
• Falgun full moon – Dol Purnima (India), Holi (Bangladesh, India)BOOK, MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1992, The Folklore of World Holidays, Gale Research, 144–145, 0-8103-7577-X,

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See also

• Bangla Calendar
• Culture of Bangladesh
• Culture of Nepal

References

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External links

• WEB,weblink Bangabda, Banglapedia, en,

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