The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 1950 opens in July during Bangabda 1357 of the Hindu calendar.
July 1950
Bangabda 1357
Asharh – Shrabon
Festivals & Vrats in July 1950
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 6:23 PM, Jul 2 – 5:23 PM, Jul 3
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:24 PM, Jul 6 – 9:21 PM, Jul 7
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Parama Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:19 AM, Jul 10 – 4:47 AM, Jul 11
The dark (Krishna) Ekadashi of the extra month (Adhik Maas) — held to be exceptionally meritorious.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:00 AM, Jul 12 – 8:33 AM, Jul 13
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 8:43 AM, Jul 13 – 9:48 AM, Jul 14
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 9:57 AM, Jul 14 – 10:36 AM, Jul 15
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 9:57 AM, Jul 14 – 10:36 AM, Jul 15
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 9:57 AM, Jul 14 – 10:36 AM, Jul 15
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 9:57 AM, Jul 14 – 10:36 AM, Jul 15
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 10:43 AM, Jul 15 – 10:56 AM, 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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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 10:31 AM, Jul 18 – 9:37 AM, Jul 19
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:19 AM, Jul 22 – 3:25 AM, Jul 23
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 5:19 AM, Jul 22 – 3:25 AM, Jul 23
Women fast and worship Goddess Bipodtarini, a form of Durga, to be delivered from dangers — observed between Rath and Ulto Rath.
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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 12:58 AM, Jul 24 – 10:29 PM, Jul 24
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 12:58 AM, Jul 24 – 10:29 PM, Jul 24
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 10:26 PM, Jul 24 – 7:46 PM, Jul 25
Lord Vishnu begins his four-month cosmic sleep and Chaturmas starts; in Maharashtra it is Ashadhi Ekadashi, the climax of the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage to Lord Vitthal.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 5:00 PM, Jul 26 – 2:21 PM, Jul 27
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:46 AM, Jul 28 – 9:47 AM, Jul 29
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 11:46 AM, Jul 28 – 9:47 AM, Jul 29
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 11:46 AM, Jul 28 – 9:47 AM, Jul 29
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 11:46 AM, Jul 28 – 9:47 AM, Jul 29
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 11:46 AM, Jul 28 – 9:47 AM, Jul 29
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
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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