Bengali Panjika — Sunday, March 19, 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 Chaitra 1423
Sunday, March 19, 2017
- Bangla Academy date
- 5 Chaitra 1423
- Hijri date
- 19 Jumada al-Thani 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
6:15 AM
Almanac sunset
6:13 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:04 AM
Dhaka sunset
6:09 PM
Day length: 11 h 58 min · Night length: 12 h 1 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Phalguna · Purnimanta month: Chaitra · Krishna paksha
Saptami tithi
runs the whole day
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 | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Jyeshtha | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Siddhi | late night 3/51/16 (53/59/46 danda) | 3:51 AM (Mar 20) |
| Vyatipata | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vishti | day 5/35/3 (28/19/13 danda) | 5:35 PM |
| Bava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Vrischika rashi, Brahmin varna, Rakshasa gana
- Yogini
- 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
- 12:14 PM – 1:44 PM
- Barabela
- 10:44 AM – 12:14 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- 6:15 AM – 7:03 AM, 1:26 PM – 2:14 PM
- Amrita yoga
- 7:03 AM – 10:14 AM
- Kutapa
- 11:50 AM – 12:38 PM
- Pradosha
- 6:13 PM – 7:49 PM
- Nishita
- 11:49 PM – 12:37 AM (Mar 20)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 5 of 31 in Chaitra
Month runs: Mar 15 – Apr 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.