Bengali Panjika — Friday, February 17, 2017
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
4 Falgun 1423
Friday, February 17, 2017
- Bangla Academy date
- 4 Falgun 1423
- Hijri date
- 19 Jumada al-Awwal 1438
- Eras
- Shakabda 1938 · Samvat 2073
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
6:41 AM
Almanac sunset
5:59 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:30 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:55 PM
Day length: 11 h 18 min · Night length: 12 h 41 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Magha · Purnimanta month: Phalguna · Krishna paksha
Shashthi tithi
Ends day 9/57/45 (8/10/19 danda) · 9:57 AM, then Saptami
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shashthi | day 9/57/45 (8/10/19 danda) | 9:57 AM |
| Saptami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Swati | day 4/59/42 (25/45/13 danda) | 4:59 PM |
| Vishakha | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vriddhi | night 8/31/0 (34/33/26 danda) | 8:31 PM |
| Dhruva | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vanija | day 9/57/45 (8/10/19 danda) | 9:57 AM |
| Vishti | night 10/55/52 (40/35/37 danda) | 10:55 PM |
| Bava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Tula rashi, Shudra varna (or Kshatriya varna), Deva gana
- Yogini
- West, from 9:57 AM North-west
- 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
- 10:55 AM – 12:20 PM
- Barabela
- 9:31 AM – 10:55 AM
- Mahendra yoga
- 11:04 PM – 11:54 PM, 4:59 AM (Feb 18) – 6:40 AM (Feb 18)
- Amrita yoga
- 6:41 AM – 8:12 AM, 8:57 AM – 11:12 AM
- Kutapa
- 11:58 AM – 12:43 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:59 PM – 7:35 PM
- Nishita
- 11:56 PM – 12:44 AM (Feb 18)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 4 of 29 in Falgun
Month runs: Feb 14 – Mar 14
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.