The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 1974 opens in August during Bangabda 1381 of the Hindu calendar.
August 1974
Bangabda 1381
Shrabon – Bhadro
Festivals & Vrats in August 1974
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Shravana Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:00 AM, Aug 2 – 9:27 AM, Aug 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 7:00 AM, Aug 2 – 9:27 AM, Aug 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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Raksha Bandhan
Tithi 7:00 AM, Aug 2 – 9:27 AM, Aug 3
Sisters tie a rakhi on their brothers' wrists, who pledge lifelong protection; Sindhis and Punjabis call it Rakhri.
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Gayatri Jayanti
Tithi 7:00 AM, Aug 2 – 9:27 AM, Aug 3
The appearance day of Goddess Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra and mother of the Vedas, on Shravana Purnima.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 7:00 AM, Aug 2 – 9:27 AM, Aug 3
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 4:11 PM, Aug 6 – 5:56 PM, Aug 7
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 8:25 PM, Aug 10 – 8:06 PM, Aug 11
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 8:25 PM, Aug 10 – 8:06 PM, Aug 11
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna, marked with fasting, bhajans and Dahi Handi.
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Nandotsav
Tithi 8:02 PM, Aug 11 – 6:59 PM, Aug 12
The day after Janmashtami, celebrating Nanda Maharaj's joy at the birth of baby Krishna with sweets and revelry.
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Aja Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 5:11 PM, Aug 13 – 2:40 PM, Aug 14
The "unborn" Ekadashi, said to absolve even the gravest of sins.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:44 AM, Aug 15 – 8:08 AM, Aug 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 8:08 AM, Aug 16 – 4:23 AM, Aug 17
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Manasa Puja
Tithi 4:23 AM, Aug 17 – 12:32 AM, Aug 18
The serpent goddess Manasa is worshipped on the last day of Shravan for protection from snakes and for fertility.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 4:23 AM, Aug 17 – 12:32 AM, Aug 18
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 4:23 AM, Aug 17 – 12:32 AM, Aug 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 4:23 AM, Aug 17 – 12:32 AM, Aug 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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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:31 AM, Aug 18 – 8:41 PM, Aug 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 1:54 PM, Aug 20 – 11:34 AM, Aug 21
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 8:34 AM, Aug 24 – 9:36 AM, Aug 25
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Padmini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:02 PM, Aug 27 – 3:25 PM, Aug 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 5:57 PM, Aug 29 – 8:27 PM, Aug 30
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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