Bengali Panjika — Sunday, March 16, 2025
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
2 Chaitra 1431
Sunday, March 16, 2025
- Bangla Academy date
- 2 Chaitra 1431
- Hijri date
- 15 Ramadan 1446
- Eras
- Shakabda 1946 · Samvat 2081
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
6:18 AM
Almanac sunset
6:12 PM
Dhaka sunrise
6:06 AM
Dhaka sunset
6:08 PM
Day length: 11 h 54 min · Night length: 12 h 5 min
Tithi
Amanta month: Phalguna · Purnimanta month: Chaitra · Krishna paksha
Dwitiya tithi
Ends day 3/40/41 (23/26/12 danda) · 3:40 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 3/40/41 (23/26/12 danda) | 3:40 PM |
| Tritiya | runs the whole day | — |
Nakshatra
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Hasta | day 10/53/40 (11/28/39 danda) | 10:53 AM |
| Chitra | runs the whole day | — |
Yoga
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Vriddhi | day 2/11/13 (19/42/33 danda) | 2:11 PM |
| Dhruva | runs the whole day | — |
Karana
| Name | Ends (danda) | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Gara | day 3/40/41 (23/26/12 danda) | 3:40 PM |
| Vanija | late night 4/42/54 (56/1/45 danda) | 4:42 AM (Mar 17) |
| Vishti | runs the whole day | — |
For births, journeys & rites
- Born today
- Kanya rashi, Vaishya varna (or Shudra varna), Deva gana; moon enters Tula at 12:10 AM (Mar 17)
- Yogini
- North, from 3:40 PM South-east
- Shraddha tithi
- Dwitiya — ekoddishta; Dwitiya, 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
- 12:15 PM – 1:44 PM
- Barabela
- 10:46 AM – 12:15 PM
- Mahendra yoga
- 6:18 AM – 7:05 AM, 1:26 PM – 2:14 PM
- Amrita yoga
- 7:05 AM – 10:16 AM
- Kutapa
- 11:51 AM – 12:39 PM
- Pradosha
- 6:12 PM – 7:48 PM
- Nishita
- 11:50 PM – 12:38 AM (Mar 17)
Pujas & observances
No major puja or vrata today.
This month
Day 2 of 31 in Chaitra
Month runs: Mar 15 – Apr 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.