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Kartik 29 · Shombar

The month in the words of the Bengali calendar, worked out for your own place — tap a date for its panjika.

The whole month

Working out the month…

Bengali festivals in 2026The whole year by month, dated for Kolkata — a day can differ in your city

January3

  • Poush SankrantiPoush 29
  • Saraswati PujaMagh 9
  • Ratha SaptamiMagh 11

February1

  • Maha ShivaratriFalgun 2

March3

  • Holika DahanFalgun 17
  • HoliFalgun 18
  • Rama NavamiChoitro 12

April5

  • Hanuman JayantiChoitro 18
  • Neel PujaChoitro 29
  • Charak PujaChoitro 30
  • Bengali New YearBoishakh 1
  • Akshaya TritiyaBoishakh 5

May1

  • Buddha PurnimaBoishakh 17

June1

  • Jamai ShashthiAsharh 5

July2

  • Rath YatraAsharh 31
  • Guru PurnimaShrabon 12

August2

  • Nag PanchamiShrabon 31
  • Raksha BandhanBhadro 11

September4

  • Krishna JanmashtamiBhadro 18
  • Ganesh ChaturthiBhadro 28
  • Vishwakarma PujaBhadro 31
  • Pitru Paksha beginsAshwin 9

October9

  • Mahalaya AmavasyaAshwin 22
  • Navaratri beginsAshwin 23
  • Durga Puja · ShashthiAshwin 29
  • Durga Puja · SaptamiAshwin 30
  • Maha AshtamiKartik 1
  • Durga Puja · AshtamiKartik 1
  • Durga Puja · NavamiKartik 2
  • Bijoya DashamiKartik 3
  • Kojagari Lakshmi PujaKartik 7

November6

  • DhanterasKartik 19
  • Bhoot ChaturdashiKartik 21
  • Kali PujaKartik 21
  • Bhai PhontaKartik 24
  • Jagaddhatri PujaOgrohayon 2
  • Kartika PurnimaOgrohayon 7

December1

  • Gita JayantiPoush 4
Today in KolkataReference city · star, tithi, good times and the week ahead

Panjika for Kolkata

Tithi
Shukla Saptami until 4:20 AM, TueLunar day — How far the Moon has pulled ahead of the Sun. Every 12° makes a new lunar day, so a month has thirty and one can begin at any hour. The day is named for the one in force at sunrise.
Nakshatra
Shrabana until 2:16 AM, TueMoon's star — Which of the 27 star-groups the Moon is passing through. It moves on about once a day; the one it was in when you were born is your birth star.
Yoga
Ganda until 7:15 AMSun and Moon together — The Sun's and the Moon's positions added together, counted in 27 steps. Each step has a name, and a few are ones people avoid for new starts.
Karana
Gara until 3:14 PM, then VanijaHalf a lunar day — Each lunar day has two halves, each with a name of its own. Vishti, also called Bhadra, is the one people step around for new starts.
Bar
Shombar (Monday)Weekday — The weekday, named for the planet that rules its first hour. In the panchang it changes at sunrise, not at midnight.
Chandra Rashi
Makar until 3:30 PM, Tue
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
4:51 PM

Good times and times to avoid

  • Brahma MuhurtaGood time4:14 AM – 5:02 AMthe quiet hour before dawn — the clearest time to study, pray or sit still
  • Rahu KaalAvoid7:13 AM – 8:36 AMavoid starting anything new
  • YamagandamAvoid9:58 AM – 11:21 AMavoid travel and new starts
  • Abhijit MuhurtaGood time10:59 AM – 11:43 AMthe best window of the day to begin something
  • DurmuhurtamAvoid11:43 AM – 12:27 PMan off hour — leave big decisions for later
  • Gulika KaalAvoid12:43 PM – 2:06 PMavoid beginnings — finishing is fine
  • DurmuhurtamAvoid1:55 PM – 2:39 PMan off hour — leave big decisions for later
  • Amrita YogaGood time2:39 PM – 4:27 PMa sweet spot — a good time to start

Festivals today

No festival falls today in the Bengali calendar.

The week ahead

  1. Kartik 29NakshatraShrabanaTithiShukla Saptami
  2. Kartik 30NakshatraDhanishthaTithiShukla Ashtami
  3. Ogrohayon 1NakshatraShatabhishaTithiShukla Ashtami
  4. Ogrohayon 2NakshatraShatabhishaTithiShukla NabamiJagaddhatri Puja
  5. Ogrohayon 3NakshatraPurba BhadrapadTithiShukla Dashami
  6. Ogrohayon 4NakshatraUttar BhadrapadTithiShukla Ekadashi
  7. Ogrohayon 5NakshatraAshwiniTithiShukla Trayodashi

Star and tithi as they stand at sunrise in Kolkata. Your own month.

Questions people ask

When does the Bengali year begin?

At Pohela Boishakh, the day the Sun enters Aries in mid-April. The year is counted in the Bangabda (Bengali San), shown at the top of the page.

Why can a Bengali month start a day after a Tamil one?

Bengal counts its solar months as the printed panjika does, by a traditional reckoning of the Sun that runs some hours behind the true Sun used in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. This page follows the panjika's count, so a Bengali month can begin a day after the matching Tamil month.

Are the festival names the Bengal ones?

Yes. Maha Ashtami, Bijoya Dashami, Kojagari Lakshmi Puja, Kali Puja and Saraswati Puja are named as Bengal names them, and Durga Puja's days are dated for Kolkata.

Why are the times for Kolkata?

Every time is counted from Kolkata's sunrise and sunset. A city abroad sees the Sun hours apart, and a tithi can then hold at a different sunrise. The month above is worked out for your own place.