Bengali Panjika — Thursday, December 21, 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 Poush 1424
Thursday, December 21, 2017
- Bangla Academy date
- 6 Poush 1424
- Hijri date
- 2 Rabi' al-Thani 1439
- Eras
- Shakabda 1939 · Samvat 2074
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
6:47 AM
Almanac sunset
5:21 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:36 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:16 PM
Day length: 10 h 34 min · Night length: 13 h 27 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Pausha · Purnimanta month: Pausha · Shukla paksha
Tritiya tithi
Ends night 5/59/39 (27/59/44 danda) · 5:59 PM, then Chaturthi
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tritiya | night 5/59/39 (27/59/44 danda) | 5:59 PM |
| Chaturthi | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Uttara Ashadha | day 3/19/11 (21/18/34 danda) | 3:19 PM |
| Shravana | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vyaghata | late night 6/0/29 (58/1/49 danda) | 6:00 AM (Dec 22) |
| Harshana | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Gara | night 5/59/39 (27/59/44 danda) | 5:59 PM |
| Vanija | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Makara rashi, Vaishya varna (or Shudra varna), Manushya gana
- Yogini
- South-east, from 5:59 PM South-west
- Shraddha tithi
- Tritiya — ekoddishta; Tritiya — 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
- 2:43 PM – 4:02 PM
- Barabela
- 4:02 PM – 5:21 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- none today
- Amrita yoga
- 6:47 AM – 8:12 AM, 1:50 PM – 3:14 PM
- Kutapa
- 11:43 AM – 12:25 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:21 PM – 6:57 PM
- Nishita
- 11:40 PM – 12:28 AM (Dec 22)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 5 of 29 in Poush
Month runs: Dec 17 – Jan 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.