The Bengali festival calendar (Panjika). Bengali festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Bengali 2009 opens in October during Bangabda 1416 of the Hindu calendar.
October 2009
Bangabda 1416
Ashshin – Kartik
Festivals & Vrats in October 2009
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Kojagari Lakshmi Puja
Tithi 10:42 AM, Oct 2 – 11:23 AM, Oct 3
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 4:36 PM, Oct 15 – 2:30 PM, Oct 16
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 2:26 PM, Oct 16 – 12:36 PM, Oct 17
On Diwali's new-moon night, Goddess Kali is worshipped through the night across Bengal.
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Bhai Phota
Tithi 9:42 AM, Oct 19 – 9:27 AM, Oct 20
The Bengali brother–sister festival on Kartik Shukla Dwitiya — sisters place a sandalwood phota (tilak) on their brothers' foreheads and pray for their long life.
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Goshthashtami
Tithi 4:51 PM, Oct 25 – 7:32 PM, Oct 26
On Kartik Shukla Ashtami, cows and Lord Krishna as Gopala are honoured for their nurture and protection.
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Jagaddhatri Puja
Tithi 7:33 PM, Oct 26 – 10:05 PM, Oct 27
Goddess Jagaddhatri, a serene form of Durga, is worshipped on Kartik Shukla Navami.
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.