Bengali Calendar
January 2012: Bengali dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Bangabda 1418.
January 2012
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Poush 16 Shukla Ashtami Uttara Bhadrapada
2
Poush 17 Shukla Navami Revati
3
Poush 18 Shukla Dashami Ashwini
4
Poush 19 Shukla Ekadashi Bharani Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
5
Poush 20 Shukla Ekadashi Krittika
6
Poush 21 Shukla Dwadashi Rohini Pradosham
7
Poush 22 Shukla Trayodashi Mrigashira
8
Poush 23 Shukla Chaturdashi Ardra Pausha Purnima
9
Poush 24 Purnima Punarvasu
10
Poush 25 Krishna Pratipada Pushya
11
Poush 26 Krishna Dwitiya Ashlesha
12
Poush 27 Krishna Tritiya Magha Sankashti Chaturthi
13
Poush 28 Krishna Chaturthi Purva Phalguni
14
Poush 29 Krishna Panchami Uttara Phalguni Lohri
15
Poush 30 Krishna Saptami Hasta Makar Sankranti Makara Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayana)
16
Magh 1 Krishna Ashtami Chitra
17
Magh 2 Krishna Navami Swati
18
Magh 3 Krishna Dashami Vishakha
19
Magh 4 Krishna Ekadashi Anuradha Shattila Ekadashi
20
Magh 5 Krishna Dwadashi Jyeshtha Pradosham
21
Magh 6 Krishna Trayodashi Mula Masik Shivaratri
22
Magh 7 Krishna Chaturdashi Purva Ashadha
23
Magh 8 Amavasya Uttara Ashadha Pausha Amavasya (Somvati)
24
Magh 9 Shukla Pratipada Shravana
25
Magh 10 Shukla Dwitiya Dhanishta
26
Magh 11 Shukla Tritiya Shatabhisha
27
Magh 12 Shukla Chaturthi Purva Bhadrapada
28
Magh 13 Shukla Panchami Uttara Bhadrapada Vasant Panchami
29
Magh 14 Shukla Shashthi Revati
30
Magh 15 Shukla Saptami Ashwini Ratha Saptami
31
Magh 16 Shukla Ashtami Bharani
PurnimaAmavasyaEkadashi
FestivalVratSankranti
Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 04 Jan Wednesday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 04 Jan, 06:12 to 05 Jan, 08:35; Parana on 05 Jan from 15:05 to 13:28 |
| 06 Jan Friday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 06 Jan, 10:33 to 07 Jan, 11:58 |
| 08 Jan Sunday | Pausha Purnima | Purnima 08 Jan, 12:47 to 09 Jan, 13:00 |
| 12 Jan Thursday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 12 Jan, 10:40 to 13 Jan, 09:10; moonrise 20:56 |
| 14 Jan Saturday | Lohri | The eve of Makar Sankranti |
| 15 Jan Sunday | Makar Sankranti | The Sun enters Capricorn at 15 Jan 2012, 00:58 |
| 15 Jan Sunday | Makara Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayana) | The Sun enters Capricorn at 15 Jan 2012, 00:58 |
| 19 Jan Thursday | Shattila Ekadashi | Ekadashi 18 Jan, 21:30 to 19 Jan, 19:30; Parana on 20 Jan from 07:14 to 13:35 |
| 20 Jan Friday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 20 Jan, 17:35 to 21 Jan, 15:49 |
| 21 Jan Saturday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 21 Jan, 15:49 to 22 Jan, 14:19 |
| 23 Jan Monday | Pausha Amavasya (Somvati) | Amavasya 22 Jan, 14:19 to 23 Jan, 13:09 |
| 28 Jan Saturday | Vasant Panchami | Magha Shukla Panchami, 27 Jan, 13:47 to 28 Jan, 15:30 |
| 30 Jan Monday | Ratha Saptami | Magha Shukla Saptami, 29 Jan, 17:44 to 30 Jan, 20:19 |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.