✦ Bengali Calendar ✦
বাংলা ক্যালেন্ডার
✦ Bangabda — Bengal's sidereal solar calendar ✦
✦ About Bengali Calendar ✦
The Bengali calendar "Bangabda" is a sidereal solar calendar with epoch 593 CE (King Shashanka). Bangabda year = Gregorian year − 593. So 2026 CE = Bangabda 1433.
New Year — "Pohela Boishakh" (First Boishakh) — is celebrated April 14–15. Bengali merchants open "Halkhata" (new account-books) on this day. National holiday in Bangladesh.
Bengali Panjika comes in two traditions — Surya-siddhanta and Vishuddha-siddhanta. Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Saraswati Puja, Lakshmi Puja — all are dated by this calendar.
Type
Sidereal solar — based on Sun's sign entry
Era / Samvat
Bangabda (epoch 593 CE)
New Year
Pohela Boishakh — April 14–15
✦ The 12 Months ✦
📅 Apr 14 – May 14
Pohela Boishakh
📅 May 15 – Jun 14
📅 Jun 15 – Jul 15
Rath Yatra
📅 Jul 16 – Aug 16
Manasa Puja
📅 Aug 17 – Sep 16
Janmashtami
📅 Sep 17 – Oct 17
Durga Puja
📅 Oct 18 – Nov 16
Kali Puja
📅 Nov 17 – Dec 15
📅 Dec 16 – Jan 13
Poush Parbon
📅 Jan 14 – Feb 12
Saraswati Puja
📅 Feb 13 – Mar 13
Dol Purnima
📅 Mar 14 – Apr 13
Choitro Sankranti
✦ Major Festivals ✦
Durga Puja
📅 Ashshin
Kali Puja
📅 Kartik
Pohela Boishakh
📅 Boishakh
Saraswati Puja
📅 Magh
Jagaddhatri Puja
📅 Kartik
Dol Purnima
📅 Falgun