The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 2012 opens in April during Bangabda 1418 · Bangabda 1419 of the Hindu calendar.
April 2012
Bangabda 1418 · Bangabda 1419
Choitro – Boishakh
Festivals & Vrats in April 2012
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Rama Navami
Tithi 1:53 PM, Mar 31 – 2:11 PM, Apr 1
The birth of Lord Rama, celebrated with recitation of the Ramayana and temple processions.
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Basanti Puja
Tithi 1:53 PM, Mar 31 – 2:11 PM, Apr 1
The springtime Durga Puja of Chaitra — the original worship of Durga — culminating on Maha Navami.
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Kamada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:54 PM, Apr 2 – 12:24 PM, Apr 3
The wish-fulfilling Ekadashi that opens the new lunar year and grants desires.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:32 AM, Apr 4 – 7:34 AM, Apr 5
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Hanuman Jayanti
Tithi 4:20 AM, Apr 6 – 12:54 AM, Apr 7
The birth anniversary of Lord Hanuman, marked with readings of the Hanuman Chalisa.
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Chaitra Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:20 AM, Apr 6 – 12:54 AM, Apr 7
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 4:20 AM, Apr 6 – 12:54 AM, Apr 7
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 4:20 AM, Apr 6 – 12:54 AM, Apr 7
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 12:48 AM, Apr 7 – 9:09 PM, Apr 7
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 1:56 PM, Apr 9 – 10:57 AM, Apr 10
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Charak Puja & Gajan
Tithi 4:48 AM, Apr 13 – 3:42 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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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:48 AM, Apr 13 – 3:42 AM, Apr 14
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
Tithi 3:59 AM, Apr 14 – 3:32 AM, Apr 15
The Bengali solar new year, welcomed with Halkhata, sweets and visits to family and temples.
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Varuthini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 4:11 AM, Apr 16 – 4:53 AM, Apr 17
A fast that grants protection, good fortune and freedom from sin.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:21 AM, Apr 18 – 8:17 AM, Apr 19
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 8:11 AM, Apr 19 – 10:25 AM, Apr 20
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 10:21 AM, Apr 20 – 12:47 PM, Apr 21
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 10:21 AM, Apr 20 – 12:47 PM, Apr 21
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 10:21 AM, Apr 20 – 12:47 PM, Apr 21
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 10:21 AM, Apr 20 – 12:47 PM, Apr 21
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Parashurama Jayanti
Tithi 3:21 PM, Apr 22 – 6:00 PM, Apr 23
The birth of Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya, observed with fasting and worship during pradosha.
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Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej)
Tithi 6:01 PM, Apr 23 – 8:37 PM, Apr 24
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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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 8:37 PM, Apr 24 – 11:03 PM, Apr 25
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 3:20 AM, Apr 29 – 3:42 AM, Apr 30
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Sita Navami
Tithi 3:23 AM, Apr 30 – 2:56 AM, May 1
The appearance day of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami; married women fast for the long life of their husbands, honouring Sita's devotion.
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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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