English Calendar 2016
October 2016
16 Ashwin 1423 - 15 Kartik 1423
29 Dhu al-Hijjah 1437 - 29 Muharram 1438 · 31 days
Holidays This Month
- 10/10Durga Puja
- 11/10Durga Puja (2nd day)
- 12/10Ashura
Notes
- Each English date has that day's Bengali and Hijri date below it. Bengali dates follow the Bangla Academy calendar as revised in 2019.
- Hijri dates depend on moon sighting. Dates for the coming months are calculated and may shift by a day or two once the moon is sighted.
English Calendar 2016 with Bangla dates
2016 has 366 days. It is a leap year, so February has 29 days and Falgun has 30. On the Bengali calendar it is split between two years: 1422 Bangabda until 13 April, and 1423 from Pohela Boishakh on 14 April. Each cell in the grid above shows the English date in large type with the Bengali and Hijri dates below it, so you can check all three on one page.
Bengali dates for each month of 2016
| Month | Days | Bengali date on the 1st | Bengali date on the last day |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 17 Poush 1422 | 17 Magh 1422 |
| February | 29 | 18 Magh 1422 | 16 Falgun 1422 |
| March | 31 | 17 Falgun 1422 | 17 Chaitra 1422 |
| April | 30 | 18 Chaitra 1422 | 17 Boishakh 1423 |
| May | 31 | 18 Boishakh 1423 | 17 Joishtha 1423 |
| June | 30 | 18 Joishtha 1423 | 16 Ashar 1423 |
| July | 31 | 17 Ashar 1423 | 16 Srabon 1423 |
| August | 31 | 17 Srabon 1423 | 16 Bhadra 1423 |
| September | 30 | 17 Bhadra 1423 | 15 Ashwin 1423 |
| October | 31 | 16 Ashwin 1423 | 15 Kartik 1423 |
| November | 30 | 16 Kartik 1423 | 15 Ogrohayon 1423 |
| December | 31 | 16 Ogrohayon 1423 | 16 Poush 1423 |
A Bengali month begins around the middle of an English month, between the 14th and the 17th. That is why every English month covers parts of two Bengali months. Poush is the only Bengali month that is split across two English years, running from 16 December to 14 January. Click a month name to open its full grid.
Public holidays in 2016
The list for 2016 has not been checked against the government gazette yet, so it is built from the fixed yearly dates and the lunar calculation. 11 holidays depend on the sighting of the moon and are marked with a star. We will correct the list once it has been checked.
| Date | Bengali date | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 21 February | 8 Falgun 1422 | Ekushey February (Shaheed Dibosh & International Mother Language Day) |
| 26 March | 12 Chaitra 1422 | Independence Day |
| 14 April | 1 Boishakh 1423 | Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh) |
| 1 May | 18 Boishakh 1423 | May Day (International Workers' Day) |
| 21 May | 7 Joishtha 1423 | Buddha Purnima |
| 23 May | 9 Joishtha 1423 | Shab-e-Barat * |
| 1 July | 17 Ashar 1423 | Jumatul Wida * |
| 3 July | 19 Ashar 1423 | Shab-e-Qadr * |
| 7 July | 23 Ashar 1423 | Eid-ul-Fitr * |
| 8 July | 24 Ashar 1423 | Eid-ul-Fitr (2nd day) * |
| 9 July | 25 Ashar 1423 | Eid-ul-Fitr (3rd day) * |
| 5 August | 21 Srabon 1423 | July Mass Uprising Day |
| 25 August | 10 Bhadra 1423 | Janmashtami |
| 12 September | 28 Bhadra 1423 | Eid-ul-Adha * |
| 13 September | 29 Bhadra 1423 | Eid-ul-Adha (2nd day) * |
| 14 September | 30 Bhadra 1423 | Eid-ul-Adha (3rd day) * |
| 10 October | 25 Ashwin 1423 | Durga Puja |
| 11 October | 26 Ashwin 1423 | Durga Puja (2nd day) |
| 12 October | 27 Ashwin 1423 | Ashura * |
| 12 December | 27 Ogrohayon 1423 | Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi * |
| 16 December | 1 Poush 1423 | Victory Day |
| 25 December | 10 Poush 1423 | Christmas Day |
* Subject to moon sighting. The holiday may move by a day.
How to read the grid
This grid starts the week on Sunday, the way most English calendars do. The Bengali calendar on this site starts on Friday. Friday and Saturday are the weekend in Bangladesh, so those two columns are shaded grey. Public holidays are red. The day a new Bengali month begins has a blue line on the left edge of its cell. Click any day to see its Bengali, English and Hijri dates along with the weekday and season. You can download a month grid as a PDF or an image.