The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 1947 opens in July during Bangabda 1354 of the Hindu calendar.
July 1947
Bangabda 1354
Asharh – Shrabon
Festivals & Vrats in July 1947
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:41 PM, Jul 2 – 4:08 PM, Jul 3
The full-moon fast, kept with a day-long vrat, a vigil, Satyanarayan Puja and charity, culminating in the worship of the rising full moon.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 1:41 PM, Jul 2 – 4:08 PM, Jul 3
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the full moon.
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Guru Purnima
Tithi 1:41 PM, Jul 2 – 4:08 PM, Jul 3
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:41 PM, Jul 2 – 4:08 PM, Jul 3
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Chakshusha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 1:41 PM, Jul 2 – 4:08 PM, Jul 3
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 11:12 PM, Jul 6 – 1:15 AM, Jul 8
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:23 AM, Jul 11 – 4:33 AM, Jul 12
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Kamika Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:48 AM, Jul 14 – 11:45 PM, Jul 14
Worship of Vishnu that grants the merit of bathing in all holy rivers.
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Bhaum Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:42 PM, Jul 15 – 5:22 PM, Jul 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 8:42 PM, Jul 15 – 5:22 PM, Jul 16
The Sun enters Karka and begins its southward journey (Dakshinayana) — the night of the gods, opening the holy Chaturmas season of vrats and worship.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 5:21 PM, Jul 16 – 1:38 PM, Jul 17
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:38 PM, Jul 17 – 9:45 AM, Jul 18
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 1:38 PM, Jul 17 – 9:45 AM, Jul 18
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the new moon.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:38 PM, Jul 17 – 9:45 AM, Jul 18
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:38 PM, Jul 17 – 9:45 AM, Jul 18
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 10:54 PM, Jul 20 – 8:01 PM, Jul 21
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:11 PM, Jul 24 – 4:35 PM, Jul 25
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Padmini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 7:28 PM, Jul 27 – 9:36 PM, Jul 28
The bright (Shukla) Ekadashi of the extra month (Adhik Maas), kept only in leap-month years.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:05 AM, Jul 30 – 2:35 AM, Jul 31
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
About the Bengali Panjika
The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
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