The Bengali festival calendar (Panjika). Bengali festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Bengali 1956 opens in December during Bangabda 1363 of the Hindu calendar.
December 1956
Bangabda 1363
Ogrohayon – Poush
Festivals & Vrats in December 1956
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Nabanna
Tithi 6:16 AM – 7:57 AM, Dec 12
The Bengali harvest festival of the new rice in Agrahayan.
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Itu Puja (Itur Vrata) Vrat
Tithi 8:34 AM, Dec 14 – 7:17 AM, Dec 15
Concluding on Agrahayan Sankranti, women worship the Sun god Itu through the Sundays of Agrahayan for family well-being.
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 Calendar (Panjika)
The Bengali festival calendar (Panjika). Bengali festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
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.