The Bengali Panjika (Bangabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Bengali solar month and the San (Bangabda) year.
Bengali Panjika 2045 opens in January during Bangabda 1451 of the Hindu calendar.
January 2045
Bangabda 1451
Magh
Festivals & Vrats in January 2045
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:21 AM, Jan 1 – 11:20 PM, Jan 1
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Pausha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 7:39 PM, Jan 2 – 3:51 PM, Jan 3
The full moon of Pausha — also kept as Shakambhari Purnima, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Pausha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:39 PM, Jan 2 – 3:51 PM, Jan 3
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 7:39 PM, Jan 2 – 3:51 PM, Jan 3
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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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 3:49 PM, Jan 3 – 12:00 PM, Jan 4
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:08 PM, Jan 9 – 8:55 PM, Jan 10
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Bhogi / Lohri
Tithi 10:40 PM, Jan 12 – 12:14 AM, Jan 14
The eve of Makar Sankranti — Maharashtra cooks bhogichi bhaji, while Punjab and the Sindhi community (as Lal Loi) light the Lohri bonfire and offer sesame, jaggery and popcorn to bid winter farewell.
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Shattila Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 10:40 PM, Jan 12 – 12:14 AM, Jan 14
Observed with sesame (til) in six ways — bathing, offering and donating — to cleanse past sins.
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Makar Sankranti / Uttarayan / Pongal
Tithi 12:19 AM, Jan 14 – 2:17 AM, Jan 15
The Sun begins its northward journey (Uttarayan); a harvest festival of til-gud (sesame and jaggery), with Gujarat's famous kite-flying and Tamil Nadu's Pongal.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:22 AM, Jan 15 – 4:38 AM, Jan 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 4:43 AM, Jan 16 – 7:12 AM, Jan 17
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 7:14 AM, Jan 17 – 9:55 AM, Jan 18
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 7:14 AM, Jan 17 – 9:55 AM, Jan 18
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 7:14 AM, Jan 17 – 9:55 AM, Jan 18
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 5:40 PM, Jan 21 – 7:46 PM, Jan 22
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Vasant Panchami
Tithi 7:46 PM, Jan 22 – 9:27 PM, Jan 23
Goddess Saraswati is worshipped for knowledge and the arts as spring (Vasant) begins.
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Brahma Savarni Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 10:27 PM, Jan 24 – 10:54 PM, Jan 25
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 10:48 PM, Jan 25 – 10:30 PM, Jan 26
Tarpan is offered to Bhishma Pitamaha, who chose to leave his body on Magha Shukla Ashtami.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 10:48 PM, Jan 25 – 10:30 PM, Jan 26
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Jaya Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 7:18 PM, Jan 28 – 4:41 PM, Jan 29
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 1:38 PM, Jan 30 – 10:02 AM, Jan 31
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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.
Each day lists its tithi and paksha, the nakshatra, the weekday (vaar) and any festivals or vrats. Tap any day to see the full panchang for that date — tithi start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Use the month and year selectors to browse this year and the next.