Bengali Panjika — Saturday, March 20, 2021

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 Chaitra 1427

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Bangla Academy date
6 Chaitra 1427
Hijri date
6 Sha'ban 1442
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

6:14 AM

Almanac sunset

6:14 PM

Dhaka sunrise

6:03 AM

Dhaka sunset

6:09 PM

Day length: 11 h 60 min · Night length: 11 h 59 min

Tithi

Amanta month: Phalguna · Purnimanta month: Phalguna · Shukla paksha

Saptami tithi

Ends late night 3/57/38 (54/18/10 danda) · 3:57 AM (Mar 21), then Ashtami

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

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Saptamilate night 3/57/38 (54/18/10 danda)3:57 AM (Mar 21)
Ashtamiruns the whole day

Nakshatra

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Rohiniday 2/20/21 (20/14/58 danda)2:20 PM
Mrigashiraruns the whole day

Yoga

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Pritiday 10/1/11 (9/27/1 danda)10:01 AM
Ayushmanruns the whole day

Karana

NameEnds (danda)Clock
Garaday 3/7/44 (22/13/24 danda)3:07 PM
Vanijalate night 3/57/38 (54/18/10 danda)3:57 AM (Mar 21)
Vishtiruns the whole day

For births, journeys & rites

Born today
Vrisha rashi, Vaishya varna (or Shudra varna), Manushya gana; moon enters Mithuna at 3:26 AM (Mar 21)
Yogini
North-west, from 3:57 AM (Mar 21) North-east
Shraddha tithi
Saptami — ekoddishta; Saptami — 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
6:14 AM – 7:44 AM, 4:44 PM – 6:14 PM
Barabela
1:44 PM – 3:14 PM
Mahendra yoga
none today
Amrita yoga
10:14 AM – 1:26 PM
Kutapa
11:50 AM – 12:38 PM
Pradosha
6:14 PM – 7:50 PM
Nishita
11:49 PM – 12:37 AM (Mar 21)

Pujas & observances

No major puja or vrata today.

This month

Day 6 of 31 in Chaitra

Month runs: Mar 15 Apr 14

These times follow the old Surya Siddhanta school used by printed Bengali almanacs. They can differ from modern astronomical values by minutes, and occasionally by a day. See the same day by modern astronomy →

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.

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