Bengali Panjika — Tuesday, October 20, 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
3 Kartik 1427
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
- Bangla Academy date
- 4 Kartik 1427
- Hijri date
- 2 Rabi' al-Awwal 1442
- Eras
- Shakabda 1942 · Samvat 2077
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
6:09 AM
Almanac sunset
5:32 PM
Dhaka sunrise
5:58 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:28 PM
Day length: 11 h 23 min · Night length: 12 h 37 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Ashwin · Purnimanta month: Ashwin · Shukla paksha
Chaturthi tithi
Ends day 5/2/42 (27/12/43 danda) · 5:02 PM, then Panchami
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chaturthi | day 5/2/42 (27/12/43 danda) | 5:02 PM |
| Panchami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Anuradha | day 10/0/49 (9/38/0 danda) | 10:00 AM |
| Jyeshtha | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Saubhagya | day 4/37/23 (26/9/24 danda) | 4:37 PM |
| Shobhana | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vishti | day 5/2/42 (27/12/44 danda) | 5:02 PM |
| Bava | late night 4/5/6 (54/48/42 danda) | 4:05 AM (Oct 21) |
| Balava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Vrischika rashi, Brahmin varna, Deva gana
- Yogini
- South-west, from 5:02 PM South
- Shraddha tithi
- Chaturthi — 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
- 1:16 PM – 2:41 PM
- Barabela
- 7:35 AM – 9:00 AM
- Mahendra yoga
- 5:32 PM – 8:04 PM
- Amrita yoga
- 6:09 AM – 6:55 AM, 7:40 AM – 11:28 AM
- Kutapa
- 11:28 AM – 12:13 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:32 PM – 7:08 PM
- Nishita
- 11:27 PM – 12:15 AM (Oct 21)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 3 of 30 in Kartik
Month runs: Oct 18 – Nov 16
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.