Bengali Panjika — Thursday, May 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
5 Joishtha 1428
Thursday, May 20, 2021
- Bangla Academy date
- 6 Joishtha 1428
- Hijri date
- 7 Shawwal 1442
- Eras
- Shakabda 1943 · Samvat 2078
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
5:26 AM
Almanac sunset
6:39 PM
Dhaka sunrise
5:14 AM
Dhaka sunset
6:36 PM
Day length: 13 h 13 min · Night length: 10 h 47 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Vaishakha · Purnimanta month: Vaishakha · Shukla paksha
Ashtami tithi
Ends day 7/30/24 (5/8/51 danda) · 7:30 AM, then Navami
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashtami | day 7/30/24 (5/8/51 danda) | 7:30 AM |
| Navami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Magha | day 11/45/44 (15/47/12 danda) | 11:45 AM |
| Purva Phalguni | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vyaghata | night 7/51/18 (36/1/6 danda) | 7:51 PM |
| Harshana | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Bava | day 7/30/24 (5/8/51 danda) | 7:30 AM |
| Balava | night 7/0/31 (33/54/9 danda) | 7:00 PM |
| Kaulava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Simha rashi, Kshatriya varna, Rakshasa gana
- Yogini
- North-east, from 7:30 AM East
- Shraddha tithi
- Navami — ekoddishta; Navami — 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
- 3:21 PM – 5:00 PM
- Barabela
- 5:00 PM – 6:39 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- 5:26 AM – 6:19 AM, 9:51 AM – 11:36 AM
- Amrita yoga
- 4:01 PM – 6:39 PM
- Kutapa
- 11:36 AM – 12:29 PM
- Pradosha
- 6:39 PM – 8:15 PM
- Nishita
- 11:39 PM – 12:27 AM (May 21)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 5 of 31 in Joishtha
Month runs: May 16 – 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.