Bengali Calendar
May 2012: Bengali dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Bangabda 1419.
May 2012
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Boishakh 18 Shukla Dashami Magha
2
Boishakh 19 Shukla Ekadashi Purva Phalguni Mohini Ekadashi
3
Boishakh 20 Shukla Dwadashi Uttara Phalguni Pradosham
4
Boishakh 21 Shukla Trayodashi Hasta Narasimha Jayanti
5
Boishakh 22 Shukla Chaturdashi Chitra Vaishakha Purnima
6
Boishakh 23 Purnima Swati Buddha Purnima
7
Boishakh 24 Krishna Dwitiya Anuradha
8
Boishakh 25 Krishna Tritiya Jyeshtha
9
Boishakh 26 Krishna Chaturthi Mula Sankashti Chaturthi
10
Boishakh 27 Krishna Panchami Purva Ashadha
11
Boishakh 28 Krishna Shashthi Uttara Ashadha
12
Boishakh 29 Krishna Saptami Shravana
13
Boishakh 30 Krishna Ashtami Dhanishta
14
Boishakh 31 Krishna Navami Shatabhisha Vrishabha Sankranti
15
Jyoishtho 1 Krishna Dashami Purva Bhadrapada
16
Jyoishtho 2 Krishna Ekadashi Uttara Bhadrapada Apara Ekadashi
17
Jyoishtho 3 Krishna Dwadashi Revati
18
Jyoishtho 4 Krishna Trayodashi Ashwini Pradosham
19
Jyoishtho 5 Krishna Chaturdashi Ashwini Masik Shivaratri
20
Jyoishtho 6 Amavasya Bharani Vat Savitri Vrat Vaishakha Amavasya
21
Jyoishtho 7 Shukla Pratipada Krittika
22
Jyoishtho 8 Shukla Pratipada Rohini
23
Jyoishtho 9 Shukla Dwitiya Mrigashira
24
Jyoishtho 10 Shukla Tritiya Ardra
25
Jyoishtho 11 Shukla Chaturthi Punarvasu
26
Jyoishtho 12 Shukla Panchami Pushya
27
Jyoishtho 13 Shukla Shashthi Ashlesha
28
Jyoishtho 14 Shukla Saptami Magha
29
Jyoishtho 15 Shukla Ashtami Purva Phalguni
30
Jyoishtho 16 Shukla Navami Uttara Phalguni
31
Jyoishtho 17 Shukla Dashami Hasta Ganga Dussehra
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 02 May Wednesday | Mohini Ekadashi | Ekadashi 02 May, 01:03 to 02 May, 22:47; Parana on 03 May from 05:38 to 13:38 |
| 03 May Thursday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 03 May, 19:54 to 04 May, 16:33 |
| 04 May Friday | Narasimha Jayanti | Vaishakha Shukla Chaturdashi, 04 May, 16:33 to 05 May, 12:53 |
| 05 May Saturday | Vaishakha Purnima | Purnima 05 May, 12:53 to 06 May, 09:05 |
| 06 May Sunday | Buddha Purnima | Vaishakha Purnima, 05 May, 12:53 to 06 May, 09:05 |
| 09 May Wednesday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 08 May, 22:27 to 09 May, 19:42; moonrise 22:35 |
| 14 May Monday | Vrishabha Sankranti | The Sun enters Taurus at 14 May 2012, 16:10 |
| 16 May Wednesday | Apara Ekadashi | Ekadashi 15 May, 17:29 to 16 May, 19:21; Parana on 17 May from 05:29 to 13:39 |
| 18 May Friday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 17 May, 21:36 to 19 May, 00:06 |
| 19 May Saturday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 19 May, 00:06 to 20 May, 02:42 |
| 20 May Sunday | Vat Savitri Vrat | Vaishakha Amavasya, 20 May, 02:42 to 21 May, 05:16 |
| 20 May Sunday | Vaishakha Amavasya | Amavasya 20 May, 02:42 to 21 May, 05:16 |
| 31 May Thursday | Ganga Dussehra | Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami, 30 May, 11:32 to 31 May, 09:18 |
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.