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 September during Bangabda 1416 of the Hindu calendar.
September 2009
Bangabda 1416
Bhadro – Ashshin
Festivals & Vrats in September 2009
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Vishwakarma Puja
Tithi 11:42 AM, Sep 15 – 8:48 AM, Sep 16
The divine architect is worshipped as the Sun enters Kanya.
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Mahalaya
Tithi 2:57 AM, Sep 18 – 12:08 AM, Sep 19
The new moon closing Pitru Paksha, when Devi is invoked at dawn.
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Durga Puja — Maha Shashthi
Tithi 6:20 PM, Sep 23 – 7:22 PM, Sep 24
Bodhon and Kalparambha — the formal welcome of Goddess Durga that opens the puja.
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Durga Puja — Maha Saptami
Tithi 7:25 PM, Sep 24 – 9:08 PM, Sep 25
Nabapatrika is bathed and Goddess Durga is worshipped on the seventh day of the puja.
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Durga Puja — Maha Ashtami
Tithi 9:12 PM, Sep 25 – 11:26 PM, Sep 26
The grandest day of Durga Puja, with Kumari Puja and the Sandhi Puja at dusk.
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Durga Puja — Maha Navami
Tithi 11:31 PM, Sep 26 – 2:03 AM, Sep 28
The ninth day of Durga Puja, marked by Navami Homa and the final grand worship.
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Bijoya Dashami (Sindur Khela)
Tithi 2:06 AM, Sep 28 – 4:44 AM, Sep 29
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).
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.