The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 2003 opens in June during Bangabda 1410 of the Hindu calendar.
June 2003
Bangabda 1410
Joishtho – Asharh
Festivals & Vrats in June 2003
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 2:52 PM, Jun 3 – 3:35 PM, Jun 4
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Jamai Sasthi
Tithi 3:52 PM, Jun 5 – 3:31 PM, Jun 6
Mothers-in-law worship Goddess Sasthi and honour their sons-in-law (jamai) with a grand feast, on Jyeshtha Shukla Shashthi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 2:43 PM, Jun 7 – 1:12 PM, Jun 8
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Nirjala Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 8:56 AM, Jun 10 – 5:56 AM, Jun 11
The strictest Ekadashi — kept without even water; its merit is said to equal all twenty-four.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:47 AM, Jun 12 – 11:30 PM, Jun 12
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Snana Yatra
Tithi 8:03 PM, Jun 13 – 4:44 PM, Jun 14
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 8:03 PM, Jun 13 – 4:44 PM, Jun 14
The birth anniversary of Sant Kabirdas, the great mystic poet-saint, observed on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Batuka Bhairava Jayanti
Tithi 8:03 PM, Jun 13 – 4:44 PM, Jun 14
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 8:03 PM, Jun 13 – 4:44 PM, Jun 14
The full moon of Jyeshtha — Vat Purnima and Deva Snana Purnima, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Jyeshtha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:03 PM, Jun 13 – 4:44 PM, Jun 14
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 8:03 PM, Jun 13 – 4:44 PM, Jun 14
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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Vaivaswata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 8:03 PM, Jun 13 – 4:44 PM, Jun 14
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the present Vaivaswata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Jyeshtha Purnima.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 4:42 PM, Jun 14 – 1:40 PM, Jun 15
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 8:33 AM, Jun 17 – 7:21 AM, Jun 18
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:19 AM, Jun 21 – 9:06 AM, Jun 22
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:40 PM, Jun 24 – 4:16 PM, Jun 25
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:46 PM, Jun 26 – 9:02 PM, Jun 27
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 8:59 PM, Jun 27 – 10:53 PM, Jun 28
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 10:48 PM, Jun 28 – 12:16 AM, Jun 30
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 10:48 PM, Jun 28 – 12:16 AM, Jun 30
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 10:48 PM, Jun 28 – 12:16 AM, Jun 30
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 12:09 AM, Jun 30 – 1:09 AM, Jul 1
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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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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