It celebrates the advent of the spring season on the first day of the Baishakh month on the Bengali solar Calendar. Thus, Pohela Boishakh generally falls on the 14th or 15th of April on the Gregorian ...

In Assam, Poila Baishakh is known as Bihu, or Assamese New Year. It marks the beginning of the Bengali calendar, with Boishakh being the first month. "Poila" or "Pohela" means "first" in Bengali ...