Bangla Panjika · Bengali Almanac
Bengali Panjika
The Bangla Panjika — Bengal's solar almanac. Each month begins at a Sankranti and the day-of-month is counted from it, with the Bangabda year; the tithi, nakshatra and festivals are computed live for Kolkata.
August 2026
Shrabon / Bhadro · বঙ্গাব্দ 1433 · Kolkata
A coral dot marks a festival or vrat. Switch to List for full daily details.
The large number is the Gregorian date; the gold number is the day of the Bengali solar month. Coral cells mark a Sankranti (month change).
About the Bengali Panjika
The Bengali calendar is solar. Each month begins at a Sankranti — the moment the Sun enters a new sidereal sign — and the twelve months run Boishakh, Joishtho, Asharh, Shrabon, Bhadro, Ashwin, Kartik, Ogrohayon, Poush, Magh, Falgun and Choitro. The year turns on 1 Boishakh (Poila Boishakh) in mid-April, and the era is the Bangabda (Bengali San).
This panjika computes the Sankranti, day-of-month, sunrise, tithi and nakshatra live for Kolkata by the modern drik method, so the Bengali date and festivals fall on the days they actually occur rather than being reproduced from a printed almanac.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Bengali Panjika?
The Bengali Panjika (Bangla Panjika) is the traditional almanac of Bengal. It follows a solar calendar whose twelve months — Boishakh, Joishtho, Asharh, Shrabon, Bhadro, Ashwin, Kartik, Ogrohayon, Poush, Magh, Falgun and Choitro — each begin when the Sun enters a new sidereal sign (sankranti). Alongside the solar date it lists the daily tithi, nakshatra and festivals.
How is the Bengali month reckoned?
It is solar: a month runs from one Sankranti to the next, and the day-of-month is counted from that Sankranti. This differs from the pan-Indian lunar month, which runs new-moon to new-moon — so a date can be 1 Boishakh in the Bengali panjika while the lunar tithi is something else.
When is Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year)?
Poila Boishakh — 1 Boishakh — falls the day after Mesha Sankranti, around 14–15 April. In 2026 it is 15 April, ushering in Bengali year 1433 (Bangabda), since Mesha Sankranti occurs on 14 April.
How is this panjika calculated?
Every day's Sankranti, sunrise, tithi and nakshatra are computed with the Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa) for Kolkata by the modern drik method — the same used by the Vishuddha Siddhanta panjika — so the Bengali month and date are precise rather than copied from a printed almanac.