Bengali Panjika — Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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
3 Magh 1424
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
- Bangla Academy date
- 3 Magh 1424
- Hijri date
- 29 Rabi' al-Thani 1439
- Eras
- Shakabda 1939 · Samvat 2074
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
6:54 AM
Almanac sunset
5:38 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:43 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:34 PM
Day length: 10 h 45 min · Night length: 13 h 15 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Pausha · Purnimanta month: Magha · Krishna paksha
Amavasya tithi
Ends day 7/54/24 (2/30/13 danda) · 7:54 AM, then Prathama
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amavasya | day 7/54/24 (2/30/13 danda) | 7:54 AM |
| Prathama | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Uttara Ashadha | night 10/40/58 (39/26/37 danda) | 10:40 PM |
| Shravana | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Harshana | day 10/46/25 (9/40/15 danda) | 10:46 AM |
| Vajra | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Naga | day 7/54/24 (2/30/13 danda) | 7:54 AM |
| Kimstughna | night 8/54/41 (35/0/57 danda) | 8:54 PM |
| Bava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Makara rashi, Vaishya varna (or Shudra varna), Manushya gana
- Yogini
- North-east, from 7:54 AM East
- Shraddha tithi
- Prathama — ekoddishta; Prathama — 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
- 9:35 AM – 10:56 AM
- Barabela
- 12:16 PM – 1:37 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- 2:04 PM – 3:30 PM
- Amrita yoga
- 6:54 AM – 8:20 AM, 10:29 AM – 11:55 AM, 3:30 PM – 4:55 PM
- Kutapa
- 11:55 AM – 12:38 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:38 PM – 7:14 PM
- Nishita
- 11:52 PM – 12:40 AM (Jan 18)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 3 of 30 in Magh
Month runs: Jan 15 – Feb 13
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.