The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 2005 opens in February during Bangabda 1411 of the Hindu calendar.
February 2005
Bangabda 1411
Magh – Falgun
Festivals & Vrats in February 2005
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:16 AM, Feb 2 – 12:40 AM, Feb 3
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Shattila Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 8:54 PM, Feb 4 – 6:10 PM, Feb 5
Observed with sesame (til) in six ways — bathing, offering and donating — to cleanse past sins.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:57 PM, Feb 6 – 11:20 AM, Feb 7
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 11:20 AM, Feb 7 – 7:37 AM, Feb 8
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:37 AM, Feb 8 – 3:57 AM, Feb 9
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 7:37 AM, Feb 8 – 3:57 AM, Feb 9
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 3:57 AM, Feb 9 – 12:24 AM, Feb 10
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 6:55 PM, Feb 11 – 5:13 PM, Feb 12
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Vasant Panchami
Tithi 5:09 PM, Feb 12 – 4:19 PM, Feb 13
Goddess Saraswati is worshipped for knowledge and the arts as spring (Vasant) begins.
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Brahma Savarni Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 4:11 PM, Feb 14 – 5:02 PM, Feb 15
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Brahma Savarni Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Magha Shukla Saptami.
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Bhishma Ashtami
Tithi 5:00 PM, Feb 15 – 6:31 PM, Feb 16
Tarpan is offered to Bhishma Pitamaha, who chose to leave his body on Magha Shukla Ashtami.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:00 PM, Feb 15 – 6:31 PM, Feb 16
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Jaya Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 11:02 PM, Feb 18 – 1:36 AM, Feb 20
A fast said to free the devotee from rebirth and the fate of becoming a ghost.
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:08 AM, Feb 21 – 6:35 AM, Feb 22
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Magha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:44 AM, Feb 23 – 10:23 AM, Feb 24
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 8:44 AM, Feb 23 – 10:23 AM, Feb 24
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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Magha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 8:44 AM, Feb 23 – 10:23 AM, Feb 24
The full moon of Magha — a great day for the Magha snana at sacred rivers, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 8:44 AM, Feb 23 – 10:23 AM, Feb 24
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 1:41 PM, Feb 27 – 1:52 PM, Feb 28
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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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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