Bengali Panjika — Tuesday, December 21, 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 Poush 1428
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
- Bangla Academy date
- 6 Poush 1428
- Hijri date
- 16 Jumada al-Awwal 1443
- 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
6:47 AM
Almanac sunset
5:21 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:36 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:16 PM
Day length: 10 h 34 min · Night length: 13 h 27 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Margashirsha · Purnimanta month: Pausha · Krishna paksha
Dwitiya tithi
Ends day 1/29/43 (16/44/57 danda) · 1:29 PM, then Tritiya
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dwitiya | day 1/29/43 (16/44/57 danda) | 1:29 PM |
| Tritiya | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Punarvasu | night 9/43/43 (37/19/55 danda) | 9:43 PM |
| Pushya | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Brahma | day 11/49/40 (12/34/49 danda) | 11:49 AM |
| Indra | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Gara | day 1/29/43 (16/44/57 danda) | 1:29 PM |
| Vanija | late night 2/17/39 (48/44/46 danda) | 2:17 AM (Dec 22) |
| Vishti | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Mithuna rashi, Shudra varna (or Vaishya varna), Deva gana; moon enters Karkata at 3:12 PM
- Yogini
- North, from 1:29 PM South-east
- Shraddha tithi
- Dwitiya — ekoddishta; Tritiya — 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
- 1:23 PM – 2:42 PM
- Barabela
- 8:06 AM – 9:26 AM
- Mahendra yoga
- 5:21 PM – 8:02 PM
- Amrita yoga
- 6:47 AM – 7:29 AM, 8:12 AM – 11:43 AM
- Kutapa
- 11:43 AM – 12:25 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:21 PM – 6:57 PM
- Nishita
- 11:40 PM – 12:28 AM (Dec 22)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 5 of 29 in Poush
Month runs: Dec 17 – Jan 14
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.