The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 2013 opens in August during Bangabda 1420 of the Hindu calendar.
August 2013
Bangabda 1420
Shrabon – Bhadro
Festivals & Vrats in August 2013
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Kamika Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 4:01 PM, Aug 1 – 6:32 PM, Aug 2
Worship of Vishnu that grants the merit of bathing in all holy rivers.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 9:04 PM, Aug 3 – 11:29 PM, Aug 4
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 11:26 PM, Aug 4 – 1:38 AM, Aug 6
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:33 AM, Aug 6 – 3:27 AM, Aug 7
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:33 AM, Aug 6 – 3:27 AM, Aug 7
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 1:33 AM, Aug 6 – 3:27 AM, Aug 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 new moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 3:20 AM, Aug 7 – 4:56 AM, Aug 8
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 6:45 AM, Aug 10 – 6:52 AM, Aug 11
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Nag Panchami
Tithi 7:04 AM, Aug 11 – 6:45 AM, Aug 12
Serpent deities (Nagas) are worshipped with milk and prayers for protection.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:08 AM, Aug 14 – 3:49 AM, Aug 15
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Manasa Puja
Tithi 11:03 PM, Aug 16 – 8:13 PM, Aug 17
The serpent goddess Manasa is worshipped on the last day of Shravan for protection from snakes and for fertility.
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Jhulan Yatra (Hindola) Begins
Tithi 11:03 PM, Aug 16 – 8:13 PM, Aug 17
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 11:03 PM, Aug 16 – 8:13 PM, Aug 17
Observed by couples who pray to Lord Vishnu for the blessing of children.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:59 PM, Aug 18 – 1:39 PM, Aug 19
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Shravana Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:14 AM, Aug 20 – 7:14 AM, Aug 21
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 10:14 AM, Aug 20 – 7:14 AM, Aug 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 full moon.
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Raksha Bandhan
Tithi 10:14 AM, Aug 20 – 7:14 AM, Aug 21
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 10:14 AM, Aug 20 – 7:14 AM, Aug 21
The appearance day of Goddess Gayatri, the personification of the Gayatri Mantra and mother of the Vedas, on Shravana Purnima.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 10:14 AM, Aug 20 – 7:14 AM, Aug 21
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 12:35 AM, Aug 24 – 11:32 PM, Aug 24
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Krishna Janmashtami
Tithi 2:05 AM, Aug 28 – 4:00 AM, Aug 29
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna, marked with fasting, bhajans and Dahi Handi.
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Nandotsav
Tithi 4:10 AM, Aug 29 – 6:28 AM, Aug 30
The day after Janmashtami, celebrating Nanda Maharaj's joy at the birth of baby Krishna with sweets and revelry.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
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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