Bengali Panjika — Saturday, April 20, 2019
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
6 Boishakh 1426
Saturday, April 20, 2019
- Bangla Academy date
- 7 Boishakh 1426
- Hijri date
- 14 Sha'ban 1440
- Eras
- Shakabda 1941 · Samvat 2076
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
5:45 AM
Almanac sunset
6:25 PM
Dhaka sunrise
5:33 AM
Dhaka sunset
6:22 PM
Day length: 12 h 40 min · Night length: 11 h 19 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Chaitra · Purnimanta month: Vaishakha · Krishna paksha
Prathama tithi
Ends day 3/51/19 (25/13/58 danda) · 3:51 PM, then Dwitiya
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prathama | day 3/51/19 (25/13/58 danda) | 3:51 PM |
| Dwitiya | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Swati | night 7/41/17 (34/48/54 danda) | 7:41 PM |
| Vishakha | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vajra | day 9/54/4 (10/20/52 danda) | 9:54 AM |
| Siddhi | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Kaulava | day 3/51/19 (25/13/58 danda) | 3:51 PM |
| Taitila | late night 3/15/3 (53/43/20 danda) | 3:15 AM (Apr 21) |
| Gara | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Tula rashi, Shudra varna (or Kshatriya varna), Deva gana
- Yogini
- East, from 3:51 PM North
- Shraddha tithi
- Prathama — ekoddishta; Prathama, Dwitiya — 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
- 5:45 AM – 7:20 AM, 4:50 PM – 6:25 PM
- Barabela
- 1:40 PM – 3:15 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- none today
- Amrita yoga
- 9:59 AM – 1:21 PM
- Kutapa
- 11:40 AM – 12:31 PM
- Pradosha
- 6:25 PM – 8:01 PM
- Nishita
- 11:41 PM – 12:29 AM (Apr 21)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 6 of 31 in Boishakh
Month runs: Apr 15 – May 15
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.