The annotated page is a faithful transcription of the printed entry (Viśuddha Siddhānta Panjikā 1433, Kolkata). Words with a wavy red line are probable misprints in the book — tap them to see why.
The pages at the start of each month
Before the daily entries, every month opens with five pages. These are from Āśvin 1433 (18 Sep – 17 Oct 2026). Tap a highlighted region on the page to read about it.
Everything a panjika page uses, one topic at a time — with a diagram, a slider to play with, and the complete list.
দণ্ড ⇄ clock time
The panjika gives many times as দং (daṇḍa।pala, sometimes ।vipala) counted from sunrise. 1 daṇḍa = 24 minutes, 1 pala = 24 seconds, 1 vipala = 0.4 seconds; 60 daṇḍa = one day.
Sunrise for any town or Ramakrishna centre, as the panjika reckons it: auspicious & inauspicious times page.
Is today good for me? — চন্দ্রশুদ্ধি ও তারাশুদ্ধি
Choose your birth rāśi and birth nakṣatra (জন্মরাশি, জন্মনক্ষত্র) and the Moon’s rāśi and nakṣatra for the day (from the panjika). The rule used is the one the panjika’s own lists follow.
Decode the number block of the left column
Each day’s left column has a 4×3 block of numbers. Type it in to decode it.
About this reader
This page explains how to read the Viśuddha Siddhānta Panjikā (বিশুদ্ধ সিদ্ধান্ত পঞ্জিকা), the Bengali almanac followed in the Ramakrishna Math and Mission tradition. The sample pages are from the 1433 (2026–27) edition, Kolkata.
How the explanations were checked
- From the panjika itself. Every rule stated as “checked” was tested against the book’s own figures — e.g. the তারাশুদ্ধি lists, the চন্দ্রশুদ্ধি exclusions, the যোগিনী directions and the left-column number block were reproduced for every day of the month.
- By astronomy. Times were recomputed: sunrise and sunset (the panjika uses the centre of the Sun on the horizon, without refraction — its own table says so), the Moon’s nakṣatra, tithi and yoga end-times (using the panjika’s ayanāṃśa 24°13′8″), the Sun’s declination, the equation of time and sidereal time.
- From references on Bengali almanac conventions, where the book itself is silent.
Each explanation carries a tag: checked means verified by one of the above; inferred means a well-founded reading that could not be confirmed from a printed key. The panjika’s own “how to read” key was not available while this was made; if you have it, corrections are welcome.
Misprints
A printed almanac has a few misprints; where the book’s figures disagree with each other or with the sky, the word is marked with a wavy red line and the reason is given. These are noted to teach checking, not to find fault — the panjika is overwhelmingly accurate.