The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 1997 opens in August during Bangabda 1404 of the Hindu calendar.
August 1997
Bangabda 1404
Shrabon – Bhadro
Festivals & Vrats in August 1997
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 10:38 AM, Aug 1 – 12:01 PM, Aug 2
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 11:56 AM, Aug 2 – 1:42 PM, Aug 3
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 11:56 AM, Aug 2 – 1:42 PM, 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 new moon.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 11:56 AM, Aug 2 – 1:42 PM, Aug 3
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 11:56 AM, Aug 2 – 1:42 PM, Aug 3
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 8:46 PM, Aug 6 – 11:25 PM, Aug 7
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Nag Panchami
Tithi 11:24 PM, Aug 7 – 1:58 AM, Aug 9
Serpent deities (Nagas) are worshipped with milk and prayers for protection.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:39 AM, Aug 11 – 6:55 AM, Aug 12
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Jhulan Yatra (Hindola) Begins
Tithi 7:04 AM, Aug 13 – 5:55 AM, Aug 14
The swing festival of Radha and Krishna — beautifully decorated swings are rocked through to Jhulan Purnima; in Gujarat temples the same hindola (swing) darshan is held.
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Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 5:55 AM, Aug 14 – 4:22 AM, Aug 15
Observed by couples who pray to Lord Vishnu for the blessing of children.
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Manasa Puja
Tithi 2:08 AM, Aug 16 – 11:27 PM, Aug 16
The serpent goddess Manasa is worshipped on the last day of Shravan for protection from snakes and for fertility.
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:08 AM, Aug 16 – 11:27 PM, Aug 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Raksha Bandhan
Tithi 8:01 PM, Aug 17 – 4:26 PM, Aug 18
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 8:01 PM, Aug 17 – 4:26 PM, Aug 18
The appearance day of Goddess Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra and mother of the Vedas, on Shravana Purnima.
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Shravana Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:01 PM, Aug 17 – 4:26 PM, Aug 18
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 8:01 PM, Aug 17 – 4:26 PM, 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 full moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 4:26 PM, Aug 18 – 12:44 PM, Aug 19
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 5:39 AM, Aug 21 – 2:22 AM, Aug 22
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 8:19 PM, Aug 24 – 7:27 PM, Aug 25
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 8:19 PM, Aug 24 – 7:27 PM, Aug 25
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna, marked with fasting, bhajans and Dahi Handi.
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Nandotsav
Tithi 7:30 PM, Aug 25 – 7:20 PM, Aug 26
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 7:53 PM, Aug 27 – 8:54 PM, Aug 28
The "unborn" Ekadashi, said to absolve even the gravest of sins.
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:33 PM, Aug 29 – 12:27 AM, Aug 31
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 12:32 AM, Aug 31 – 2:45 AM, Sep 1
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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