The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 1998 opens in April during Bangabda 1404 · Bangabda 1405 of the Hindu calendar.
April 1998
Bangabda 1404 · Bangabda 1405
Choitro – Boishakh
Festivals & Vrats in April 1998
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Ashokashtami
Tithi 1:45 PM, Apr 3 – 1:49 PM, Apr 4
On Chaitra Shukla Ashtami, Goddess Durga is worshipped and ashoka flower buds are taken to ward off grief.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:45 PM, Apr 3 – 1:49 PM, Apr 4
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Rama Navami
Tithi 1:42 PM, Apr 4 – 2:32 PM, Apr 5
The birth of Lord Rama, celebrated with recitation of the Ramayana and temple processions.
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Basanti Puja
Tithi 1:42 PM, Apr 4 – 2:32 PM, Apr 5
The springtime Durga Puja of Chaitra — the original worship of Durga — culminating on Maha Navami.
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Kamada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:53 PM, Apr 6 – 5:51 PM, Apr 7
The wish-fulfilling Ekadashi that opens the new lunar year and grants desires.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:11 PM, Apr 8 – 10:42 PM, Apr 9
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Hanuman Jayanti
Tithi 1:20 AM, Apr 11 – 3:55 AM, Apr 12
The birth anniversary of Lord Hanuman, marked with readings of the Hanuman Chalisa.
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Chaitra Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:20 AM, Apr 11 – 3:55 AM, Apr 12
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 1:20 AM, Apr 11 – 3:55 AM, Apr 12
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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Swarochisha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 1:20 AM, Apr 11 – 3:55 AM, Apr 12
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Swarochisha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Chaitra Purnima.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 3:53 AM, Apr 12 – 6:22 AM, Apr 13
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Charak Puja & Gajan
Tithi 6:24 AM, Apr 13 – 8:30 AM, Apr 14
On the last day of the Bengali year, devotees of Shiva perform the Gajan austerities and the spinning Charak rite.
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Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
Tithi 8:36 AM, Apr 14 – 10:24 AM, Apr 15
The Bengali solar new year, welcomed with Halkhata, sweets and visits to family and temples.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 10:31 AM, Apr 15 – 11:57 AM, Apr 16
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:46 PM, Apr 19 – 1:00 PM, Apr 20
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Varuthini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 9:56 AM, Apr 22 – 7:08 AM, Apr 23
A fast that grants protection, good fortune and freedom from sin.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:04 AM, Apr 24 – 12:46 AM, Apr 25
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 12:38 AM, Apr 25 – 8:59 PM, Apr 25
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 8:56 PM, Apr 25 – 5:10 PM, Apr 26
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 8:56 PM, Apr 25 – 5:10 PM, Apr 26
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 8:56 PM, Apr 25 – 5:10 PM, Apr 26
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 5:09 PM, Apr 26 – 1:31 PM, Apr 27
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej)
Tithi 1:25 PM, Apr 27 – 10:10 AM, Apr 28
An auspicious day for new beginnings and buying gold; whatever is begun is believed to prosper. In Rajasthan this Akha Teej is a major wedding day, and Sindhis keep it as Akhand Teej.
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Parashurama Jayanti
Tithi 1:25 PM, Apr 27 – 10:10 AM, Apr 28
The birth of Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya, observed with fasting and worship during pradosha.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 7:17 AM, Apr 29 – 5:02 AM, Apr 30
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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