Bengali Panjika — Monday, May 18, 2020
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
4 Joishtha 1427
Monday, May 18, 2020
- Bangla Academy date
- 4 Joishtha 1427
- Hijri date
- 24 Ramadan 1441
- Eras
- Shakabda 1942 · Samvat 2077
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
5:27 AM
Almanac sunset
6:38 PM
Dhaka sunrise
5:15 AM
Dhaka sunset
6:35 PM
Day length: 13 h 11 min · Night length: 10 h 48 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Vaishakha · Purnimanta month: Jyeshtha · Krishna paksha
Ekadashi tithi
Ends day 4/15/5 (26/58/54 danda) · 4:15 PM, then Dwadashi
Apara Ekadashi — fasting 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ekadashi | day 4/15/5 (26/58/54 danda) | 4:15 PM |
| Dwadashi | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Uttara Bhadrapada | day 6/19/7 (32/9/0 danda) | 6:19 PM |
| Revati | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Priti | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Balava | day 4/15/5 (26/58/54 danda) | 4:15 PM |
| Kaulava | late night 5/16/15 (59/31/49 danda) | 5:16 AM (May 19) |
| Taitila | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Meena rashi, Brahmin varna, Manushya gana
- Yogini
- South-east, from 4:15 PM South-west
- Shraddha tithi
- Ekadashi — ekoddishta
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
- 7:06 AM – 8:45 AM
- Barabela
- 3:20 PM – 4:59 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- 4:00 AM (May 19) – 4:43 AM (May 19)
- Amrita yoga
- 8:58 AM – 10:43 AM
- Kutapa
- 11:36 AM – 12:29 PM
- Pradosha
- 6:38 PM – 8:14 PM
- Nishita
- 11:38 PM – 12:26 AM (May 19)
Ekadashi fast & পারণ
Fasting day by school and the window for breaking the fast next morning.
Apara Ekadashi
- Smarta
- Fast today · পারণ on May 19, 5:27 AM – 9:51 AM
- Goswami (Gaudiya)
- Fast today · পারণ on May 19, 5:27 AM – 9:51 AM
- Nimbarka
- Fast today · পারণ on May 19, 5:27 AM – 9:51 AM
Ekadashi at sunrise
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 4 of 32 in Joishtha
Month runs: May 15 – Jun 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.