Bengali Panjika — Saturday, February 18, 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
5 Falgun 1423
Saturday, February 18, 2017
- Bangla Academy date
- 5 Falgun 1423
- Hijri date
- 20 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
6:40 AM
Almanac sunset
6:00 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:29 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:55 PM
Day length: 11 h 19 min · Night length: 12 h 40 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Magha · Purnimanta month: Phalguna · Krishna paksha
Saptami tithi
Ends day 11/57/16 (13/10/53 danda) · 11:57 AM, 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 | day 11/57/16 (13/10/53 danda) | 11:57 AM |
| Ashtami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vishakha | night 7/30/51 (32/4/51 danda) | 7:30 PM |
| Anuradha | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Dhruva | night 8/59/56 (35/47/33 danda) | 8:59 PM |
| Vyaghata | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Bava | day 11/57/16 (13/10/53 danda) | 11:57 AM |
| Balava | late night 1/1/12 (45/50/45 danda) | 1:01 AM (Feb 19) |
| Kaulava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Tula rashi, Shudra varna (or Kshatriya varna), Rakshasa gana; moon enters Vrischika at 12:52 PM
- Yogini
- North-west, from 11:57 AM North-east
- Shraddha tithi
- Ashtami — ekoddishta; Ashtami — 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
- 6:40 AM – 8:05 AM, 4:35 PM – 6:00 PM
- Barabela
- 1:45 PM – 3:10 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- none today
- Amrita yoga
- 10:27 AM – 1:28 PM
- Kutapa
- 11:57 AM – 12:43 PM
- Pradosha
- 6:00 PM – 7:36 PM
- Nishita
- 11:56 PM – 12:44 AM (Feb 19)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 5 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.