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'''Choitro''' ({{lang-bn|চৈত্র}}) is the last month of 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> It falls from mid-March to mid-April and is the last month of [[Spring (season)|Spring]] ({{lang-bn|বসন্ত}} ''Bôsôntô''). The name of the month is derived from the star [[Chitra (nakshatra)|Chitra]] ({{lang|bn|চিত্রা}} ''Chitra'').<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Culture ==<br />
Traditionally this month is famous for what is called the "Choitro Sale" ({{lang|bn|চৈত্র সেল}}) when all shopping [[Discounts and allowances|prices fall discounted (sale)]] all throughout the month. It is traditionally done in order to sell away all remaining products by the end of year, so that the [[Halkhata]] ({{lang|bn|হালখাতা}}), the new account book can be opened on the [[Pohela Boishakh|New Year's Day]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2011/04/02/page03.htm|title=A summer new year|last=Chakraborty|first=Kaniska|work=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2017/04/13/happy-new-books/|title=Happy new books {{!}} Dhaka Tribune|date=2017-04-13|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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[[Chaitra Sankranti]] is observed in the last day of the month and the last day of the Bengali Calendar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/dhaka-ready-celebrate-chaitra-sankranti-77012|title=Dhaka ready to celebrate Chaitra Sankranti|date=2015-04-13|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/special-feature/choitro-shonkranti-celebrations-1207741|title=Choitro Shonkranti celebrations|date=2016-04-12|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en}}</ref> It is celebrated more in rural areas than in urban areas, where it has celebrated for hundreds of years. It is the day before [[Pahela Baishakh|Pohela Boishakh]] and it more popular than Pohela Boishakh in rural areas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/world/south-asia/bangladesh/chaitra-sankranti-celebration-then-and-now-1208656|title=Chaitra Sankranti celebration- then and now|date=2016-04-13|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Observances (per official use in Bangladesh) ==<br />
* Choitro 12 - [[Independence Day (Bangladesh)]]<br />
* Chotiro 30 - [[Chaitra Sankranti]]<br />
* Thursday or Friday of the second or third week of Choitro - [[Opening Day]] (movable, date set by Major League Baseball)<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist|2}}{{Bengali calendar}}<br />
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[[Category:Months of the Bengali calendar]]<br />
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