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| {{Short description|Ninth month in the Assamese and Bengali calendar}}
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| | align=center style="background:#DDAA22"| '''Poush'''
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| |colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 80%;" |Morning dew drops signal the arrival of Poush - the beginning of winter
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| '''Poush''' ({{lang-bn|পৌষ}}; {{lang-ne|पौष}}) is the 9th month of both the [[Bengali calendar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangabda|title=Bangabda - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref> and the [[Vikram Samvat|Nepali calendar]]. It overlaps December and January of the Gregorian calendar. It is the first month of the winter season. This month marks the start of [[Winter]] ({{lang|bn|শীত}} ''Sh*t'') in the [[Bengali calendar]].
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| == Etymology ==
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| This month is named after the star [[Pushya]] ({{lang|bn|পুষ্যা}}).
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| == Culture ==
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| During Poush crops are harvested and farmers often have ample food and income. Bengali people celebrate [[Makar Sankranti#West Bengal|Poush Sankranti]] as one of their festival on the last day of Poush.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/deshi-mix/poush-sankranti-recipes-196918|title=Poush sankranti recipes|date=2016-01-05|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref> They make [[Pitha]] at their homes and share those among each others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/poush-mela-and-pitha-utshab-held-59922|title=Poush mela and pitha utshab held|date=2015-01-15|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref> Bangladesh Poush Mela Udjapon Parishad organises a three-day fair in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-169229|title=Winter melodies around Poush|date=2011-01-09|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/poush-mela-held-at-ramna-58989|title=Poush Mela held at Ramna|date=2015-01-09|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-18|language=en}}</ref>
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| In his novel ''Ganadevata'', the noted Bengali writer [[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]] quotes a rural rhyme:
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| :Poush-Poush, golden Poush,
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| :Come Poush but don't go away, don't ever leave,
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| :Don't leave Poush, don't,
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| :The husband and son will eat a full bowl of rice.<ref name = "Paschim Banga">Mukhopadhyay, Manabendra, ''Tarashankar's Birbhum '', ''Paschim Banga '', Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, {{in lang|bn}}, pp. 259-68, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.</ref>
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| == Observances marked (per official use in Bangladesh) ==
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| * Poush 1 - [[Victory day of Bangladesh]]
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| * Pouch 9 - [[Christmas Eve]]
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| * Pouch 10 - [[Christmas]]
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| * Pouch 11 - [[Boxing Day]]
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| * Pouch 17 - [[New Year's Day]]
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| * Pouch 22 - [[Epiphany (holiday)|Traditional Epiphany]] and Armenian Christmas
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| * Pouch 23 - [[Christmas|Christmas according to the Juilian Calendar]]
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| * Pouch 31 - [[Sankranthi|Poush Sankranti]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist|2}}
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| {{Bengali calendar}}
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| {{Nepali calendar}}
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| [[Category:Months of the Bengali calendar]]
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| [[Category:Nepali calendar]]
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| {{Bangladesh-stub}}
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| {{Nepal-stub}}
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