Poyla Boishakh or Pohela Boishakh (1st date of Boishakh, the first month of the Bengali calendar) is the first day of Bangabda, i.e. Bengali New Year. The day is the traditional New Year's Day of all Bengali nations. The day is celebrated with special festivities as New Year in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. Bengalis living in Tripura also take part in this festival. As such, it is considered as a universal folk festival of Bengalis.
This festival is celebrated on 14th April every year in Bangladesh. This day has been fixed according to the modern Bengali calendar prescribed by the Bangla Academy. According to the Chandrasaur Bengali calendar, the first Baishakh is celebrated on 15th April in West Bengal. The day is also considered a public holiday in Bangladesh and West Bengal. Traders of different levels take the day as an opportunity to start a new business.
This festival is celebrated through various activities like procession, fair, eating pantabhat, opening halkhata etc. The traditional Bengali New Year greeting is "Happy New Year". Mars procession is organized in Bangladesh during New Year. In 2016, UNESCO declared the festival procession, organized by Dhaka University, as "the invaluable cultural heritage of humanity".
The basic difference between the Bengali calendar and the Hijri and Christian years is that the Hijri year is the moon and the Christian year is determined by international standards. For this reason, a new date begins in the Hijri year after the new moon appears in the evening sky and a new day begins in the Christian year according to UTC 6:00:00. There is a difference of opinion as to whether the first Baishakh starts from sunrise and not from 12 midnight. Turns on.
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