The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 1978 opens in July during Bangabda 1385 of the Hindu calendar.
July 1978
Bangabda 1385
Asharh – Shrabon
Festivals & Vrats in July 1978
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 5:44 AM, Jun 30 – 7:11 AM, Jul 1
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:46 AM, Jul 2 – 10:48 AM, Jul 3
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 10:46 AM, Jul 3 – 12:59 PM, Jul 4
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 12:58 PM, Jul 4 – 3:19 PM, Jul 5
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 12:58 PM, Jul 4 – 3:19 PM, Jul 5
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 12:58 PM, Jul 4 – 3:19 PM, Jul 5
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:58 PM, Jul 4 – 3:19 PM, Jul 5
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Bipodtarini Vrata Vrat
Tithi 8:11 PM, Jul 7 – 10:32 PM, Jul 8
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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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 10:31 PM, Jul 8 – 12:43 AM, Jul 10
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:17 AM, Jul 13 – 4:29 AM, Jul 14
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Ulto Rath Yatra
Tithi 3:12 AM, Jul 15 – 1:46 AM, Jul 16
The return chariot festival (Bahuda Yatra), when Lord Jagannath journeys back to his temple.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 3:12 AM, Jul 15 – 1:46 AM, Jul 16
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 1:28 AM, Jul 16 – 11:13 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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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:28 AM, Jul 16 – 11:13 PM, Jul 16
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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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:57 PM, Jul 17 – 4:25 PM, Jul 18
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:31 PM, Jul 19 – 8:34 AM, Jul 20
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 12:31 PM, Jul 19 – 8:34 AM, Jul 20
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 12:31 PM, Jul 19 – 8:34 AM, Jul 20
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:31 PM, Jul 19 – 8:34 AM, Jul 20
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 12:31 PM, Jul 19 – 8:34 AM, Jul 20
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 9:52 PM, Jul 22 – 7:10 PM, Jul 23
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 3:47 PM, Jul 26 – 4:14 PM, Jul 27
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Kamika Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 6:58 PM, Jul 29 – 8:59 PM, Jul 30
Worship of Vishnu that grants the merit of bathing in all holy rivers.
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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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