Bengali Panjika — Monday, October 21, 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 Kartik 1431
Monday, October 21, 2024
- Bangla Academy date
- 5 Kartik 1431
- Hijri date
- 17 Rabi' al-Thani 1446
- Eras
- Shakabda 1946 · Samvat 2081
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
6:10 AM
Almanac sunset
5:31 PM
Dhaka sunrise
5:59 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:27 PM
Day length: 11 h 22 min · Night length: 12 h 39 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Ashwin · Purnimanta month: Kartik · Krishna paksha
Chaturthi tithi
Ends day 9/23/40 (8/3/57 danda) · 9:23 AM, 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 9/23/40 (8/3/57 danda) | 9:23 AM |
| Panchami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Rohini | day 12/40/25 (16/15/48 danda) | 12:40 PM |
| Mrigashira | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Variyana | night 5/41/16 (28/47/55 danda) | 5:41 PM |
| Parigha | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Balava | day 9/23/40 (8/3/57 danda) | 9:23 AM |
| Kaulava | night 8/39/3 (36/12/23 danda) | 8:39 PM |
| Taitila | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Vrisha rashi, Vaishya varna (or Shudra varna), Manushya gana; moon enters Mithuna at 12:18 AM (Oct 22)
- Yogini
- South-west, from 9:23 AM South
- Shraddha tithi
- Panchami — ekoddishta; Panchami — 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
- 7:35 AM – 9:00 AM
- Barabela
- 2:41 PM – 4:06 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- none today
- Amrita yoga
- 6:10 AM – 7:40 AM, 9:11 AM – 11:28 AM, 8:03 PM – 11:25 PM, 2:48 AM (Oct 22) – 3:38 AM (Oct 22)
- Kutapa
- 11:28 AM – 12:13 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:31 PM – 7:07 PM
- Nishita
- 11:27 PM – 12:15 AM (Oct 22)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 4 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.