The Bengali festival calendar (Panjika). Bengali festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Bengali 2014 opens in October during Bangabda 1421 of the Hindu calendar.
October 2014
Bangabda 1421
Ashshin – Kartik
Festivals & Vrats in October 2014
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Durga Puja — Maha Saptami
Tithi 3:07 PM, Sep 30 – 1:51 PM, Oct 1
Nabapatrika is bathed and Goddess Durga is worshipped on the seventh day of the puja.
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Durga Puja — Maha Ashtami
Tithi 1:57 PM, Oct 1 – 12:09 PM, Oct 2
The grandest day of Durga Puja, with Kumari Puja and the Sandhi Puja at dusk.
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Durga Puja — Maha Navami
Tithi 12:17 PM, Oct 2 – 9:58 AM, Oct 3
The ninth day of Durga Puja, marked by Navami Homa and the final grand worship.
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Bijoya Dashami (Sindur Khela)
Tithi 12:17 PM, Oct 2 – 9:58 AM, Oct 3
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 10:18 PM, Oct 6 – 7:11 PM, Oct 7
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 1:13 AM, Oct 22 – 2:44 AM, Oct 23
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 2:35 AM, Oct 23 – 3:37 AM, Oct 24
On Diwali's new-moon night, Goddess Kali is worshipped through the night across Bengal.
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Bhai Phota
Tithi 3:47 AM, Oct 25 – 3:50 AM, Oct 26
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 9:20 PM, Oct 30 – 7:16 PM, Oct 31
On Kartik Shukla Ashtami, cows and Lord Krishna as Gopala are honoured for their nurture and protection.
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.