Bengali Panjika — Wednesday, October 23, 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
6 Kartik 1431
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Bangla Academy date
- 7 Kartik 1431
- Hijri date
- 19 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
6:11 AM
Almanac sunset
5:30 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:00 AM
Dhaka sunset
5:25 PM
Day length: 11 h 19 min · Night length: 12 h 41 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Ashwin · Purnimanta month: Kartik · Krishna paksha
Shashthi tithi
Ends day 7/1/46 (2/6/44 danda) · 7:01 AM, then Saptami
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shashthi | day 7/1/46 (2/6/44 danda) | 7:01 AM |
| Saptami | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Ardra | day 11/48/19 (14/3/7 danda) | 11:48 AM |
| Punarvasu | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Shiva | day 1/41/45 (18/46/42 danda) | 1:41 PM |
| Siddha | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vanija | day 7/1/46 (2/6/43 danda) | 7:01 AM |
| Vishti | night 6/42/46 (31/19/16 danda) | 6:42 PM |
| Bava | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Mithuna rashi, Shudra varna (or Vaishya varna), Manushya gana; moon enters Karkata at 5:56 AM (Oct 24)
- Yogini
- West, from 7:01 AM North-west
- 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
- 9:00 AM – 10:25 AM
- Barabela
- 11:50 AM – 1:15 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- 6:56 AM – 7:41 AM, 1:43 PM – 3:59 PM
- Amrita yoga
- 6:11 AM – 6:56 AM, 7:41 AM – 8:26 AM, 10:42 AM – 12:58 PM
- Kutapa
- 11:28 AM – 12:13 PM
- Pradosha
- 5:30 PM – 7:06 PM
- Nishita
- 11:26 PM – 12:14 AM (Oct 24)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 6 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.