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'''Asharh''' ({{lang-bn|আষাঢ়}} ''āshāḍh'', {{lang-or|ଆଷାଢ଼}} ''āsāḍha'') is the third month of the [[Bengali calendar|Bengali]] and [[Odia calendar]]s<ref name="KulkeSchnepel2001">{{cite book|author1=Hermann Kulke|author2=Burkhard Schnepel|title=Jagannath Revisited: Studying Society, Religion, and the State in Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JIzXAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Manohar|isbn=978-81-7304-386-4}}</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2021}} and the Nepali system of the [[Hindu calendar]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Aly Zaker |date=24 June 2011 |title=So, Asharh is here again! |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2011/06/04/one.htm |magazine=Star Weekend Magazine |access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref> It is the first of the two months that comprise the [[wet season]], locally known as "Barsha" ({{lang-bn|বর্ষা}} ''Bôrsha'', {{lang-ne|वर्षा}} ''Barsha'', {{lang-or|ବର୍ଷା}} ''Barsā''), when the [[monsoon]] winds blow.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/06/10/monsoon-induces-low-in-bay-of-bengal-as-rainy-season-nears|title=Monsoon induces low in Bay of Bengal as rainy season nears|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref> It is one of the first five months of the year that have 31 days, according to the Bangladeshi version of the Bengali Calendar.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite book|author=Syed Ashraf Ali|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|year=2012|editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal|edition=Second|chapter=Bangabda|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangabda}}</ref> In the Indian version of the Bengali Calendar, the month can have up to 32 days.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080917/jsp/calcutta/story_9844650.jsp |title=Festival with a fixed date|work=The Telegraph |location=Kolkata |access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
It is named for the constellation [[Uttara Ashadha|Uttarashadha]] ({{lang-bn|উত্তরাষাঢ়া}} ''Uttôrashaŗha''), identified with [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]].<ref name="Banglapedia" /><br />
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== Culture ==<br />
=== Bengali culture ===<br />
The month and the monsoon are welcome with songs, dance,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/monsoon-melodies|title=Monsoon melodies|date=2013-06-16|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref> and celebration in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/rabirag-embraces-monsoon-with-music-and-dance|title=Rabirag embraces monsoon with music and dance|date=2013-07-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/melodies-on-a-monsoon-evening-28829|title=Melodies on a monsoon evening|date=2014-06-17|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref> A popular poem "Abar Eshechhey Asharh" আবার এসেছে আষাঢ় by [[Rabindranath Tagore]], that is about this season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-bounty-of-monsoon-in-melodies-29836|title=The bounty of monsoon in melodies|date=2014-06-23|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-244542|title=Ashari Purnima|date=2012-08-02|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Odia culture ===<br />
There are occurrences of an extra Asadha which is referred as {{lang-or|ମଳ ମାସ}} ''maḷa māsa'' (meaning unclean) in [[Odia language|Odia]] whereas the non-extra Asadha is referred to as {{lang-or|ଶୁଦ୍ଧ}} ''suddha''.<ref name="KulkeSchnepel2001" />{{rp|87}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* Equivalent month in [[Hindu calendar]], ''[[Aashaadha]]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Bengali calendar}}<br />
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[[Category:Months of the Bengali calendar]]<br />
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