Bengali Panjika — Saturday, February 17, 2024
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 Falgun 1430
Saturday, February 17, 2024
- Bangla Academy date
- 4 Falgun 1430
- Hijri date
- 6 Sha'ban 1445
- Eras
- Shakabda 1945 · Samvat 2080
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
6:42 AM
Almanac sunset
5:59 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:31 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:54 PM
Day length: 11 h 17 min · Night length: 12 h 42 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Magha · Purnimanta month: Magha · Shukla paksha
Ashtami tithi
Ends day 1/45/23 (17/38/10 danda) · 1:45 PM, 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 1/45/23 (17/38/10 danda) | 1:45 PM |
| Navami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Krittika | day 2/8/4 (18/34/54 danda) | 2:08 PM |
| Rohini | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Indra | night 6/51/36 (30/23/43 danda) | 6:51 PM |
| Vaidhriti | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Bava | day 1/45/23 (17/38/10 danda) | 1:45 PM |
| Balava | late night 1/16/45 (46/26/34 danda) | 1:16 AM (Feb 18) |
| Kaulava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Vrisha rashi, Vaishya varna (or Shudra varna), Rakshasa gana
- Yogini
- North-east, from 1:45 PM East
- Shraddha tithi
- Ashtami — 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
- 6:42 AM – 8:06 AM, 4:34 PM – 5:59 PM
- Barabela
- 1:45 PM – 3:10 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- none today
- Amrita yoga
- 10:27 AM – 1:28 PM
- Kutapa
- 11:58 AM – 12:43 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:59 PM – 7:35 PM
- Nishita
- 11:56 PM – 12:44 AM (Feb 18)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 4 of 30 in Falgun
Month runs: Feb 14 – Mar 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.