The Bengali festival calendar (Panjika). Bengali festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Bengali 1997 opens in October during Bangabda 1404 of the Hindu calendar.
October 1997
Bangabda 1404
Ashshin – Kartik
Festivals & Vrats in October 1997
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Mahalaya
Tithi 7:48 PM, Sep 30 – 10:23 PM, Oct 1
The new moon closing Pitru Paksha, when Devi is invoked at dawn.
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Durga Puja — Maha Shashthi
Tithi 5:59 AM, Oct 6 – 6:28 AM, Oct 7
Bodhon and Kalparambha — the formal welcome of Goddess Durga that opens the puja.
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Durga Puja — Maha Saptami
Tithi 6:45 AM, Oct 7 – 6:40 AM, Oct 8
Nabapatrika is bathed and Goddess Durga is worshipped on the seventh day of the puja.
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Durga Puja — Maha Ashtami
Tithi 6:17 AM, Oct 9 – 5:35 AM, Oct 10
The grandest day of Durga Puja, with Kumari Puja and the Sandhi Puja at dusk.
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Durga Puja — Maha Navami
Tithi 5:17 AM, Oct 10 – 3:57 AM, Oct 11
The ninth day of Durga Puja, marked by Navami Homa and the final grand worship.
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Bijoya Dashami (Sindur Khela)
Tithi 3:41 AM, Oct 11 – 1:42 AM, Oct 12
The tenth and final day of Durga Puja — married women smear one another with vermilion in Sindur Khela before the idols are carried out for immersion (Bisarjan).
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Kojagari Lakshmi Puja
Tithi 4:21 PM, Oct 14 – 12:47 PM, Oct 15
On the Sharad Purnima night, Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped through a vigil for prosperity; in Rajasthan, Jodhpur keeps the night with the Marwar Festival of folk music and dance.
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Bhoot Chaturdashi
Tithi 9:07 AM, Oct 28 – 11:33 AM, Oct 29
On the eve of Kali Puja, fourteen lamps are lit and fourteen leafy greens eaten to honour ancestors and ward off evil spirits.
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Kali Puja
Tithi 11:39 AM, Oct 29 – 1:45 PM, Oct 30
On Diwali's new-moon night, Goddess Kali is worshipped through the night across Bengal.
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.