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'''Magh''' ({{lang-bn|মাঘ}}) is the tenth month in the [[Bengali calendar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangabda|title=Bangabda |website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref> This is the last month of the two months of winter season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/country-experiencing-warmer-winter-5yrs-202966|title=Country experiencing warmer winters for 5yr|date=2016-01-17|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en}}</ref> 

==Etymology==

This month is named after the star [[Magha (nakshatra)|Magha]] ({{lang|bn|মঘা}} ''Môgha'').<ref name=":0" />

==Festivals==
* ''Maghi Purnima'', a Buddhist festival on the full moon night of this month<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/50-lakhs-take-holy-dip-on-maghi-purnima-in-sangam/articleshow/57083559.cms|title=50 lakhs take holy dip on Maghi Purnima in Sangam|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref>
* ''Suryavrata'', a [[vrata]] observed by Hindu women usually who are unmarried, on the first day of this month<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/cache/cached-news-details-25951.html|title=Radha Raman Utshab held in Sylhet|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref>
* ''[[Saraswati puja]]'', Hindu festival in honor of goddess [[Saraswati (goddess)|Saraswati]] observed on the fifth lunar day in this month, popular in Bangladesh, and Assam and West Bengal states of India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/saraswati-puja-today-1354084|title=Saraswati Puja today|date=2017-02-01|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb0217/city050|title=Saraswati Puja celebrated in city|website=The Assam Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205071904/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb0217/city050|archive-date=2017-02-05|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref>

== Observances ==
* [[Suryavrata]] - Magh 1
* Republic Day of India  and Australia Day - Magh 12 (India), Magh 11 (Bangladesh)
* [[Super Bowl Sunday]] - Fourth Sunday of Magh

==References==
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[[Category:Months of the Bengali calendar]]


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