Asharh

{{Short description|Third month of the Bengali calendar}}

{{Infobox month

| image = Droplets of rain.jpg

| alt =

| caption = The arrival of monsoon in the month of Asharh helps nature get refreshed after the scorching summer

| native_name = {{Native name|bn|আষাঢ়}}

| calendar = * Bengali calendar

| num = * 3

| days = * 31 (Bangladesh);

• 31/32 (India)

| season = Rainy season

| gregorian = June–July

| holidays =

| prev_month = Joishtho

| next_month = Srabon

}}

Asharh ({{langx|bn|আষাঢ়}} āshāḍh, {{langx|or|ଆଷାଢ଼}} āsāḍha) is the third month of the Bengali{{cite encyclopedia |author1=Jan Gyllenbok |author-link=Jan Gyllenbok |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of historical metrology, weights, and measures |title=Bengali Calendar |year=2018 |publisher=Birkhäuser |volume=1 |isbn=978-3-319-57596-4 |pages=260–261}} and Odia calendars{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} and the Tirhuta Panchang (a Hindu calendar followed by the Maithil community in India and Nepal).{{cite encyclopedia |author1=Jan Gyllenbok |author-link=Jan Gyllenbok |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of historical metrology, weights, and measures |title=Maithili Calendar |year=2018 |publisher=Birkhäuser |volume=1 |isbn=978-3-319-57596-4 |page=223}} It is the first of the two months that comprise the wet season, locally known as "Barsha" ({{langx|bn|বর্ষা}} Bôrsha, {{langx|ne|वर्षा}} Barsha, {{langx|or|ବର୍ଷା}} Barsā), when the monsoon winds blow.{{Cite magazine |author=Aly Zaker |date=24 June 2011 |title=So, Asharh is here again! |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2011/06/04/one.htm |magazine=Star Weekend Magazine |access-date=2017-04-18}}{{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}} It is one of the first five months of the year that have 31 days, according to the Bangladeshi version of the Bengali Calendar.{{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}} In the Indian version of the Bengali Calendar, the month can have up to 32 days.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080917/jsp/calcutta/story_9844650.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922044425/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080917/jsp/calcutta/story_9844650.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-09-22 |title=Festival with a fixed date |work=The Telegraph |location=Kolkata |access-date=2017-04-18}}