Summer (grisma) Comprises
Baishakh and Jyaistha (mid-April to mid-June), the two Bangla calendar
months, when days are hot and dry. But the influence of summer is
usually felt from mid-March. The heat of the sun dries up the
waterbodies including the rivers,canal and the wetlends.
The summer days are longer than the nights. At this time the southerly
or southwesterly monsoons flow over the country. When dry and cool
streams of air flowing from the west and northwest come in contact with
rain laden clouds, storms occur, which, at times, take a violent form.
These storms are popularly known as kalbaishakhi or destructive Baishakh storm.
The Bengali year begins with summer, with the Pahela Baishakh (first day of Baishakh) being the
Bangla New Year. Hindus observe many seasonal festivals during this period, including jamaisasthi
(the sixth day of the bright fortnight in Jyaistha when a son-in-law is
blessed by his parents-in-law). Summer is a season of fruits, with
mango [Am], blackberry [Jam], starapple [jamrul], jackfruit [Kathal], pineapple [Anaras], guava [Peyara], litchis, deuya (Artocarpus lacucha), watermelon, chalta (Dillenia indica), latkan (Baccaurea remiflora), palmyra [tal], and hog-plum (amda) available in plenty. This is also the time when Roses, Bakul, Beli, Tagar and Jaba
flowers blossom.
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