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History of Bangabda


 

Bengali month

The names of Bengali months all come from the names of different stars. Baishakh comes from the name of Vishakha Nakshatra, Jyastha comes from Jyeshtha. The origin of Asadha is from Ashara, the origin of Shravan is from Shravan. Bhadra, Ashwin, Karthik, came from Bhadrapada, Ashwini and Krittika respectively. Another name for the month of Agrahayan is Margashirsha which comes from Mrigashira. Poush, Magh, Falgun and Chaitra originate from Pusya, Magha, Falguni and Chitra respectively.


Bengali Week

Like English, the seven days of Bengali week are also named after gods and planets. Mondays are named after Mon or Shiva and differently after the moon. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are named after the planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, respectively. Sunday is named after the sun or sun god.

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