Boishakh

E167057

month time period

Boishakh is the first month of the traditional Bengali calendar, marking the beginning of the Bengali New Year and associated cultural festivities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Boishakh canonical	2
Vaisakh	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	month ⓘ time period ⓘ
alsoRomanizedAs	Baishakh ⓘ Boishakh ⓘ
associatedWith	Bengali New Year celebrations ⓘ Pohela Boishakh ⓘ cultural fairs ⓘ folk music ⓘ harvest festivals ⓘ new business accounting year ⓘ traditional Bengali food ⓘ
calendarSystem	Bengali calendar ⓘ
calendarType	solar calendar ⓘ
celebratedBy	Bengali people ⓘ surface form: Bengalis Hindus in Bengal region ⓘ Muslims in Bengal region ⓘ other communities in Bengal region ⓘ
correspondsRoughlyTo	mid-April to mid-May in Gregorian calendar ⓘ
follows	Choitro ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn	Bangladeshi culture ⓘ Bengali culture ⓘ
hasEtymologyFrom	Sanskrit month name Vaishakha ⓘ
influencedBy	traditional Hindu solar calendar ⓘ
linkedTo	agricultural cycle ⓘ onset of summer in Bengal ⓘ
marks	Bengali New Year ⓘ
numberOfDays	31 days (in most years in Bangladesh reformed calendar) ⓘ
observedWith	mangal shobhajatra ⓘ melas (fairs) ⓘ processions ⓘ special dishes like panta bhat and ilish (in Bangladesh) ⓘ visits to relatives and friends ⓘ wearing traditional clothes ⓘ
partOf	Bengali calendar ⓘ
positionInYear	first month of Bengali year ⓘ
precedes	Joishtho ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of Bangladesh as start of official financial year for some sectors ⓘ
relatedTo	Vaishakha (Hindu calendar month) ⓘ
season	grishho (summer) in Bengali seasonal cycle ⓘ
startsOnOrAround	14 April (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ 15 April (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ
usedIn	Assam ⓘ surface form: Assam (Barak Valley) People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Bengali diaspora communities ⓘ Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ Tripura ⓘ
writtenInBengaliScriptAs	বৈশাখ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Boishakh
Description of subject: Boishakh is the first month of the traditional Bengali calendar, marking the beginning of the Bengali New Year and associated cultural festivities.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pohela Boishakh → monthOfBengaliCalendar → Boishakh ⓘ

Bengali calendar → firstMonth → Boishakh ⓘ

Nanakshahi calendar → hasMonth → Boishakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaisakh