Bengali Panjika for Thursday, December 23, 2027

This page lays out the day the way a printed Bengali almanac does, worked out with the old Surya Siddhanta rules. You get the solar date, the tithi and nakshatra with their end times in danda and by the clock, sunrise and sunset, the kalabela and yoga windows, and the day's observances.

Traditional solar date

6 Poush 1434

Thursday, December 23, 2027

Bangla Academy date
8 Poush 1434
Hijri date
24 Rajab 1449
Eras
Shakabda 1949 · Samvat 2084
Ekadashi (Saphala)

The Bangla Academy calendar used in Bangladesh has fixed month lengths, while almanac months follow the sankranti. As a result the Academy date runs one or two days ahead of the traditional date.

Sunrise & sunset

Almanac sunrise is the moment the sun's centre is on the horizon at the traditional reference meridian of Bengal. The Dhaka values are the usual astronomical ones.

Almanac sunrise

6:48 AM

Almanac sunset

5:22 PM

Dhaka sunrise

6:37 AM

Dhaka sunset

5:17 PM

Day length: 10 h 34 min · Night length: 13 h 27 min

Tithi

Amanta month: Margashirsha · Purnimanta month: Pausha · Krishna paksha

Ekadashi tithi

Ends late night 1/26/47 (46/35/41 danda) · 1:26 AM (Dec 24), then Dwadashi

Saphala Ekadashi, fasting day

Tithi, nakshatra, yoga & karana timings

Each row shows what is running at sunrise and when it ends. Danda are counted from the almanac sunrise, and one danda is 24 minutes.

tithi

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Ekadashilate night 1/26/47 (46/35/41 danda)1:26 AM (Dec 24)
Dwadashiruns the whole day—

Nakshatra

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Swatilate night 3/0/54 (50/30/58 danda)3:00 AM (Dec 24)
Vishakharuns the whole day—

Yoga

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Atigandaday 3/11/25 (20/57/18 danda)3:11 PM
Sukarmanruns the whole day—

Karana

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Bavaday 1/58/26 (17/54/50 danda)1:58 PM
Balavalate night 1/26/47 (46/35/41 danda)1:26 AM (Dec 24)
Kaulavaruns the whole day—

For births, journeys & rites

Born today
Tula rashi, Shudra varna (or Kshatriya varna), Deva gana
Yogini
South-east, from 1:26 AM (Dec 24) South-west
Shraddha tithi
Ekadashi — ekoddishta; Ekadashi — sapindana

Ekoddishta goes by the tithi at kutapa, the eighth muhurta of the day. Sapindana goes by the tithi in the afternoon.

Kalabela & auspicious windows

Daylight is divided into eight parts, and each weekday has fixed parts called kalabela and barabela, when new work is not started. Mahendra yoga and amrita yoga are favourable times. The kutapa, pradosha and nishita windows are used for rites.

Kalabela
2:43 PM – 4:02 PM
Barabela
4:02 PM – 5:22 PM
Mahendra yoga
none today
Amrita yoga
6:48 AM – 8:13 AM, 1:50 PM – 3:15 PM
Kutapa
11:44 AM – 12:26 PM
Pradosha
5:22 PM – 6:58 PM
Nishita
11:41 PM – 12:29 AM (Dec 24)

Ekadashi fast & parana

Fasting day by school and the window for breaking the fast next morning.

Saphala Ekadashi

Smarta
Fast today · Parana on Dec 24, 7:16 AM – 10:20 AM
Goswami (Gaudiya)
Fast today · Parana on Dec 24, 7:16 AM – 10:20 AM
Nimbarka
Fast on Dec 24 · Parana on Dec 25, 6:49 AM – 10:20 AM

Ekadashi at sunrise

Pujas & observances

No major puja or vrata today.

This month

Day 6 of 29 in Poush

Month runs: Dec 18 – Jan 15

These times follow the old Surya Siddhanta method that printed Bengali almanacs use. They differ from modern astronomical values by a few minutes, and now and then by a whole day. See the same day by modern astronomy →

How this panjika is made

  • It is calculated with the old Surya Siddhanta rules that traditional Bengali almanacs still use: sidereal positions, months of 29 to 32 days set by the sankranti, and tithis measured from the almanac sunrise.
  • Official dates in Bangladesh follow the Bangla Academy calendar, which has fixed month lengths. That is why the two dates differ by a day or two through the year.
  • Sunrise, sunset and every time window are shown in Bangladesh time.
  • This page has no rashifal or forecasts, only the calculated calendar facts.

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