The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 1966 opens in June during Bangabda 1373 of the Hindu calendar.
June 1966
Bangabda 1373
Joishtho – Asharh
Festivals & Vrats in June 1966
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Jyeshtha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 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 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 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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Snana Yatra
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
On Deva Snana Purnima, Lord Jagannath is given a grand ceremonial bath before retiring into seclusion ahead of Rath Yatra.
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Kabirdas Jayanti
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The birth anniversary of Sant Kabirdas, the great mystic poet-saint, observed on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Batuka Bhairava Jayanti
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The manifestation day of Batuka Bhairava, the child form of Lord Shiva (Bhairava), observed on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Jyeshtha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The full moon of Jyeshtha — Vat Purnima and Deva Snana Purnima, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vaivaswata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 1:53 PM, Jun 2 – 1:08 PM, Jun 3
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the present Vaivaswata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 1:38 PM, Jun 6 – 2:59 PM, Jun 7
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:17 PM, Jun 10 – 11:38 PM, Jun 11
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:18 AM, Jun 14 – 4:35 AM, Jun 15
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:40 AM, Jun 16 – 4:38 AM, Jun 17
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 4:18 AM, Jun 17 – 3:33 AM, Jun 18
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:16 AM, Jun 18 – 1:52 AM, Jun 19
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:16 AM, Jun 18 – 1:52 AM, Jun 19
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 3:16 AM, Jun 18 – 1:52 AM, Jun 19
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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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:39 AM, Jun 19 – 11:41 PM, Jun 19
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 6:25 PM, Jun 21 – 3:39 PM, Jun 22
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 10:14 AM, Jun 24 – 7:57 AM, Jun 25
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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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:48 AM, Jun 25 – 5:51 AM, Jun 26
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 4:05 AM, Jun 27 – 2:30 AM, Jun 28
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 4:05 AM, Jun 27 – 2:30 AM, Jun 28
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 2:39 AM, Jun 28 – 1:27 AM, Jun 29
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 12:53 AM, Jun 30 – 12:26 AM, Jul 1
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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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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