Bengali Calendar
May 2016: Bengali dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Bangabda 1423.
May 2016
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Boishakh 18 Krishna Navami Dhanishta
2
Boishakh 19 Krishna Dashami Shatabhisha
3
Boishakh 20 Krishna Ekadashi Purva Bhadrapada Varuthini Ekadashi
4
Boishakh 21 Krishna Dwadashi Uttara Bhadrapada Pradosham
5
Boishakh 22 Krishna Trayodashi Revati Masik Shivaratri
6
Boishakh 23 Amavasya Ashwini Chaitra Amavasya
7
Boishakh 24 Shukla Pratipada Bharani
8
Boishakh 25 Shukla Dwitiya Rohini
9
Boishakh 26 Shukla Tritiya Mrigashira Akshaya Tritiya
10
Boishakh 27 Shukla Chaturthi Ardra
11
Boishakh 28 Shukla Panchami Punarvasu
12
Boishakh 29 Shukla Shashthi Pushya
13
Boishakh 30 Shukla Saptami Ashlesha
14
Boishakh 31 Shukla Ashtami Magha Vrishabha Sankranti
15
Jyoishtho 1 Shukla Navami Purva Phalguni
16
Jyoishtho 2 Shukla Dashami Uttara Phalguni
17
Jyoishtho 3 Shukla Ekadashi Uttara Phalguni Mohini Ekadashi
18
Jyoishtho 4 Shukla Dwadashi Hasta
19
Jyoishtho 5 Shukla Trayodashi Chitra Pradosham
20
Jyoishtho 6 Shukla Chaturdashi Swati Narasimha Jayanti
21
Jyoishtho 7 Purnima Vishakha Buddha Purnima Vaishakha Purnima
22
Jyoishtho 8 Krishna Pratipada Anuradha
23
Jyoishtho 9 Krishna Dwitiya Jyeshtha
24
Jyoishtho 10 Krishna Dwitiya Mula
25
Jyoishtho 11 Krishna Tritiya Purva Ashadha Sankashti Chaturthi
26
Jyoishtho 12 Krishna Chaturthi Uttara Ashadha
27
Jyoishtho 13 Krishna Panchami Shravana
28
Jyoishtho 14 Krishna Shashthi Dhanishta
29
Jyoishtho 15 Krishna Saptami Shatabhisha
30
Jyoishtho 16 Krishna Navami Purva Bhadrapada
31
Jyoishtho 17 Krishna Dashami Uttara Bhadrapada
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 03 May Tuesday | Varuthini Ekadashi | Ekadashi 02 May, 17:29 to 03 May, 14:58; Parana on 04 May from 05:37 to 11:55 |
| 04 May Wednesday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 04 May, 11:55 to 05 May, 08:29 |
| 05 May Thursday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 05 May, 08:29 to 06 May, 04:47 |
| 06 May Friday | Chaitra Amavasya | Amavasya 06 May, 04:47 to 07 May, 00:59 |
| 09 May Monday | Akshaya Tritiya | Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya, 08 May, 17:51 to 09 May, 14:52 |
| 14 May Saturday | Vrishabha Sankranti | The Sun enters Taurus at 14 May 2016, 16:41 |
| 17 May Tuesday | Mohini Ekadashi | Ekadashi 16 May, 14:50 to 17 May, 17:17; Parana on 18 May from 05:28 to 13:39 |
| 19 May Thursday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 18 May, 19:52 to 19 May, 22:23 |
| 20 May Friday | Narasimha Jayanti | Vaishakha Shukla Chaturdashi, 19 May, 22:23 to 21 May, 00:42 |
| 21 May Saturday | Buddha Purnima | Vaishakha Purnima, 21 May, 00:42 to 22 May, 02:44 |
| 21 May Saturday | Vaishakha Purnima | Purnima 21 May, 00:42 to 22 May, 02:44 |
| 25 May Wednesday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 25 May, 06:45 to 26 May, 07:19; moonrise 22:04 |
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.