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Poush

Poush (Bengali: পৌষ; Nepali: पौष) is the 9th month of both the Bengali calendar and the Nepali calendar. It overlaps December and January of the Gregorian calendar. It is the first month of the winter season.

This month is named after the star পুষ্যা Pushya. This month marks the start of Winter শীত Shīt in the Bengali calendar.

During Poush crops are harvested and farmers often have ample food and income. Poush is therefore thought of as a good month. However, there is a Bengali saying, "For some it is the month of Poush, for others it is ruin."

In his novel Ganadevata, the noted Bengali writer Tarashankar Bandopadhyay quotes a rural rhyme:

Poush-Poush, golden Poush,
Come Poush but don't go away, don't ever leave,
Don't leave Poush, don't,
The husband and son will eat a full bowl of rice.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mukhopadhyay, Manabendra, Tarashankar's Birbhum , Paschim Banga , Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, (Bengali), pp. 259-68, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.
Months of the Bengali calendar
  • 7. Kartik (কার্তিক)
  • 8. Ôgrôhayôn (অগ্রহায়ণ)
  • 9. Poush (পৌষ)
  • 10. Magh (মাঘ)
  • 11. Falgun (ফাল্গুন)
  • 12. Chôitrô (চৈত্র)
Months of the Nepali calendar
  1. Baishākh (बैशाख)
  2. Jeṭh (जेठ/जेष्ठ/ज्येष्ठ)
  3. Asār (असार/आषाढ)
  4. Sāun (साउन/श्रावण)
  5. Bhadau (भदौ/भाद्र)
  6. Asoj (असोज/आश्विन)
  7. Kāttik (कात्तिक/कार्तिक)
  8. Mangsir (मंसिर/मार्ग/मार्गशीर्ष)
  9. Pus (पुस/पौष)
  10. Māgh (माघ)
  11. Fāgun (फागुन/फाल्गुण)
  12. Chait (चैत/चैत्र)


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