Bengali Calendar
April 2012: Bengali dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Bangabda 1418.
April 2012
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Choitro 18 Shukla Navami Punarvasu Rama Navami
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Choitro 19 Shukla Dashami Pushya
3
Choitro 20 Shukla Ekadashi Ashlesha Kamada Ekadashi
4
Choitro 21 Shukla Dwadashi Magha Pradosham
5
Choitro 22 Shukla Trayodashi Uttara Phalguni
6
Choitro 23 Purnima Hasta Hanuman Jayanti Chaitra Purnima
7
Choitro 24 Krishna Pratipada Chitra
8
Choitro 25 Krishna Dwitiya Swati
9
Choitro 26 Krishna Tritiya Vishakha Sankashti Chaturthi
10
Choitro 27 Krishna Chaturthi Anuradha
11
Choitro 28 Krishna Panchami Jyeshtha
12
Choitro 29 Krishna Shashthi Mula
13
Choitro 30 Krishna Ashtami Purva Ashadha
14
Boishakh 1 Krishna Navami Uttara Ashadha Mesha Sankranti (Vishu, Baisakhi, Puthandu, Pana Sankranti, Pohela Boishakh)
15
Boishakh 2 Krishna Dashami Shravana
16
Boishakh 3 Krishna Ekadashi Dhanishta Varuthini Ekadashi
17
Boishakh 4 Krishna Dwadashi Shatabhisha
18
Boishakh 5 Krishna Dwadashi Purva Bhadrapada Pradosham
19
Boishakh 6 Krishna Trayodashi Uttara Bhadrapada Masik Shivaratri
20
Boishakh 7 Krishna Chaturdashi Revati
21
Boishakh 8 Amavasya Ashwini Chaitra Amavasya (Shani)
22
Boishakh 9 Shukla Pratipada Bharani
23
Boishakh 10 Shukla Dwitiya Krittika
24
Boishakh 11 Shukla Tritiya Krittika Akshaya Tritiya
25
Boishakh 12 Shukla Chaturthi Rohini
26
Boishakh 13 Shukla Panchami Mrigashira
27
Boishakh 14 Shukla Shashthi Ardra
28
Boishakh 15 Shukla Saptami Punarvasu
29
Boishakh 16 Shukla Ashtami Pushya
30
Boishakh 17 Shukla Navami Ashlesha
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr Sunday | Rama Navami | Chaitra Shukla Navami, 31 Mar, 13:42 to 01 Apr, 14:08 |
| 03 Apr Tuesday | Kamada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 02 Apr, 13:41 to 03 Apr, 12:23; Parana on 04 Apr from 06:07 to 10:18 |
| 04 Apr Wednesday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 04 Apr, 10:18 to 05 Apr, 07:34 |
| 06 Apr Friday | Hanuman Jayanti | Chaitra Purnima, 06 Apr, 04:20 to 07 Apr, 00:48 |
| 06 Apr Friday | Chaitra Purnima | Purnima 06 Apr, 04:20 to 07 Apr, 00:48 |
| 09 Apr Monday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 09 Apr, 14:04 to 10 Apr, 10:58; moonrise 21:50 |
| 14 Apr Saturday | Mesha Sankranti (Vishu, Baisakhi, Puthandu, Pana Sankranti, Pohela Boishakh) | The Sun enters Aries at 13 Apr 2012, 19:19; after sunset, so observed the next day |
| 16 Apr Monday | Varuthini Ekadashi | Ekadashi 16 Apr, 04:11 to 17 Apr, 05:07; Parana on 17 Apr from 11:27 to 13:38 |
| 18 Apr Wednesday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 18 Apr, 06:30 to 19 Apr, 08:17 |
| 19 Apr Thursday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 19 Apr, 08:17 to 20 Apr, 10:25 |
| 21 Apr Saturday | Chaitra Amavasya (Shani) | Amavasya 20 Apr, 10:25 to 21 Apr, 12:48 |
| 24 Apr Tuesday | Akshaya Tritiya | Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya, 23 Apr, 18:00 to 24 Apr, 20:36 |
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.