Bengali Calendar
January 2015: Bengali dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Bangabda 1421.
January 2015
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1
Poush 16 Shukla Ekadashi Krittika Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
2
Poush 17 Shukla Dwadashi Rohini Pradosham
3
Poush 18 Shukla Trayodashi Mrigashira
4
Poush 19 Shukla Chaturdashi Mrigashira Pausha Purnima
5
Poush 20 Purnima Ardra
6
Poush 21 Krishna Pratipada Punarvasu
7
Poush 22 Krishna Dwitiya Pushya
8
Poush 23 Krishna Tritiya Ashlesha Sankashti Chaturthi
9
Poush 24 Krishna Chaturthi Magha
10
Poush 25 Krishna Panchami Purva Phalguni
11
Poush 26 Krishna Shashthi Uttara Phalguni
12
Poush 27 Krishna Saptami Hasta
13
Poush 28 Krishna Ashtami Chitra
14
Poush 29 Krishna Navami Swati Lohri
15
Magh 1 Krishna Dashami Swati Makar Sankranti Makara Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayana)
16
Magh 2 Krishna Ekadashi Vishakha Shattila Ekadashi
17
Magh 3 Krishna Dwadashi Anuradha
18
Magh 4 Krishna Trayodashi Jyeshtha Pradosham Masik Shivaratri
19
Magh 5 Krishna Chaturdashi Purva Ashadha
20
Magh 6 Amavasya Uttara Ashadha Pausha Amavasya
21
Magh 7 Shukla Pratipada Shravana
22
Magh 8 Shukla Dwitiya Dhanishta
23
Magh 9 Shukla Tritiya Shatabhisha
24
Magh 10 Shukla Panchami Purva Bhadrapada Vasant Panchami
25
Magh 11 Shukla Shashthi Uttara Bhadrapada
26
Magh 12 Shukla Saptami Revati Ratha Saptami
27
Magh 13 Shukla Ashtami Ashwini
28
Magh 14 Shukla Navami Bharani
29
Magh 15 Shukla Dashami Krittika
30
Magh 16 Shukla Ekadashi Rohini Jaya Ekadashi
31
Magh 17 Shukla Dwadashi Mrigashira
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FestivalVratSankranti
Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan Thursday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 31 Dec, 09:10 to 01 Jan, 08:40; Parana on 02 Jan from 07:14 to 08:33 |
| 02 Jan Friday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 02 Jan, 08:33 to 03 Jan, 08:46 |
| 04 Jan Sunday | Pausha Purnima | Purnima 04 Jan, 09:22 to 05 Jan, 10:23 |
| 08 Jan Thursday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 08 Jan, 15:57 to 09 Jan, 18:31; moonrise 20:38 |
| 14 Jan Wednesday | Lohri | The eve of Makar Sankranti |
| 15 Jan Thursday | Makar Sankranti | The Sun enters Capricorn at 14 Jan 2015, 19:27; after sunset, so observed the next day |
| 15 Jan Thursday | Makara Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayana) | The Sun enters Capricorn at 14 Jan 2015, 19:27; after sunset, so observed the next day |
| 16 Jan Friday | Shattila Ekadashi | Ekadashi 16 Jan, 05:21 to 17 Jan, 04:39; Parana on 17 Jan from 10:16 to 13:34 |
| 18 Jan Sunday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 18 Jan, 03:07 to 19 Jan, 00:50 |
| 18 Jan Sunday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 19 Jan, 00:50 to 19 Jan, 21:59 |
| 20 Jan Tuesday | Pausha Amavasya | Amavasya 19 Jan, 21:59 to 20 Jan, 18:43 |
| 24 Jan Saturday | Vasant Panchami | Magha Shukla Panchami, 24 Jan, 05:15 to 25 Jan, 02:36 |
| 26 Jan Monday | Ratha Saptami | Magha Shukla Saptami, 26 Jan, 00:26 to 26 Jan, 22:52 |
| 30 Jan Friday | Jaya Ekadashi | Ekadashi 29 Jan, 21:36 to 30 Jan, 22:14; Parana on 31 Jan from 07:10 to 13:39 |
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.