ব’হাগ / জেঠ / আহাৰ

The Assamese Months

Level 4Sounds Like ba’hāga / jēṭha / āhāra

জেঠ মাহ is the month of Jeth, and মাঘ বিহু is the Bihu of Magh.

How It Works

MonthAbout
ব’হাগApril to May
জেঠMay to June
আহাৰJune to July
শাওণJuly to August
ভাদAugust to September
আহিনSeptember to October
কাতিOctober to November
আঘোণNovember to December
পুহDecember to January
মাঘJanuary to February
ফাগুনFebruary to March
চ’তMarch to April

The three Bihus follow the farming year: ব’হাগ বিহু in spring, কাতি বিহু in autumn and মাঘ বিহু after the harvest. The word আহাৰ on its own usually means “food, a meal”. It is the month only when মাহ follows, or when the sentence is about the calendar.

Newspapers, schools and offices give dates with the English months (জানুৱাৰী, অক্টোবৰ). The Assamese months belong to festivals and the farming year.

Examples (5)

  1. ব’হাগ বিহু ব’হাগ মাহত পালন কৰা হয়।

    Bohag Bihu is celebrated in the month of Bohag.

    ব’হাগ মাহত is “in the month of Bohag”.

  2. জেঠ মাহ শালিধানৰ খেতিৰ প্ৰস্তুতিৰ সময়।

    Jeth is the time to get ready for the sali rice crop.

    জেঠ মাহ is the subject of a sentence without a verb.

  3. ভেকুলী বিয়া সাধাৰণতে জেঠ-আহাৰ মাহত পালন কৰা হয়।

    The frog wedding, a rain ritual, is usually held in Jeth and Ahar.

    জেঠ-আহাৰ মাহ names two months with a hyphen.

  4. কাতি বিহুত মানুহে তুলসীৰ তলত চাকি জ্বলায়।

    At Kati Bihu people light a lamp under the tulsi plant.

    কাতি বিহু carries the name of the month.

  5. পুহ মাহত গাঁৱৰ মানুহে খেতিৰ ধান ঘৰলৈ আনে।

    In Puh the villagers bring the paddy from the fields home.

    পুহ মাহত is “in the month of Puh”.