Bengali Panjika — Saturday, October 22, 2016
The day's entry as a traditional printed Bengali almanac lays it out, computed with the old Surya Siddhanta arithmetic: the solar date, tithi and nakshatra with their end moments in danda and clock time, sunrise and sunset, the kalabela and yoga windows, and the day's observances.
Traditional solar date
5 Kartik 1423
Saturday, October 22, 2016
- Bangla Academy date
- 6 Kartik 1423
- Hijri date
- 20 Muharram 1438
- Eras
- Shakabda 1938 · Samvat 2073
The Bangla Academy calendar used in Bangladesh fixes month lengths by rule, so its date runs one or two days ahead of the sankranti-based traditional date.
Sunrise & sunset
Almanac sunrise is the sun's centre on the horizon at the traditional reference meridian; the Dhaka values are the usual astronomical ones.
Almanac sunrise
6:10 AM
Almanac sunset
5:31 PM
Dhaka sunrise
5:59 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:26 PM
Day length: 11 h 21 min · Night length: 12 h 40 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Ashwin · Purnimanta month: Kartik · Krishna paksha
Saptami tithi
Ends night 7/21/58 (32/58/34 danda) · 7:21 PM, then Ashtami
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga & karana timings
Each item lists what runs at sunrise and when it ends. Danda are counted from the almanac sunrise (1 danda = 24 minutes).
tithi
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Saptami | night 7/21/58 (32/58/34 danda) | 7:21 PM |
| Ashtami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Punarvasu | late night 3/3/22 (52/12/3 danda) | 3:03 AM (Oct 23) |
| Pushya | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Shiva | day 7/45/12 (3/56/37 danda) | 7:45 AM |
| Siddha | late night 5/22/29 (57/59/51 danda) | 5:22 AM (Oct 23) |
| Sadhya | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vishti | day 8/9/27 (4/57/15 danda) | 8:09 AM |
| Bava | night 7/21/58 (32/58/34 danda) | 7:21 PM |
| Balava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Mithuna rashi, Shudra varna (or Vaishya varna), Deva gana; moon enters Karkata at 9:14 PM
- Yogini
- North-west, from 7:21 PM North-east
- Shraddha tithi
- Saptami — ekoddishta; Saptami — sapindana
Ekoddishta follows the tithi at kutapa (the eighth muhurta); sapindana follows the tithi in the afternoon.
Kalabela & auspicious windows
Kalabela and barabela are eighths of daylight fixed by weekday and are avoided for new work. Mahendra and amrita yoga are favourable muhurtas; the kutapa, pradosha and nishita windows are used for rites.
- Kalabela
- 6:10 AM – 7:35 AM, 4:06 PM – 5:31 PM
- Barabela
- 1:15 PM – 2:40 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- 2:48 AM (Oct 23) – 3:39 AM (Oct 23)
- Amrita yoga
- 6:10 AM – 6:55 AM, 7:41 AM – 9:57 AM
- Kutapa
- 11:28 AM – 12:13 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:31 PM – 7:07 PM
- Nishita
- 11:27 PM – 12:15 AM (Oct 23)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 5 of 30 in Kartik
Month runs: Oct 18 – Nov 16
About this panjika
- Computed with the old Surya Siddhanta arithmetic that traditional Bengali almanacs still use: sidereal positions, sankranti-based months of 29 to 32 days, and tithi measured from the almanac sunrise.
- The Bangla Academy calendar used for official dates in Bangladesh fixes month lengths by rule, so its date and the traditional date differ by a day or two through the year.
- Sunrise, sunset and every window are shown in Bangladesh Standard Time.
- Rashifal and forecasts are not part of this page; only the computed calendar facts are.