The direct answer: Bengali Calendar 2026 — Bangla Calendar 1432–1433: Bengali calendar 2026 with every Bangla month mapped to English dates: Bangabda 1432 until 14 April, then 1433 from Poila Boishakh (15 April 2026). Boishakh to Choitro month table, Durga Puja schedule and the full festival calendar — computed, not copied. AskSoma publishes this at asksoma.ai/panchang/calendar/bengali-2026 as a free Vedic astrology resource using Swiss Ephemeris calculations and classical Jyotish interpretation — not generic sun-sign copy.
Bengali calendar 2026 with every Bangla month mapped to English dates: Bangabda 1432 until 14 April, then 1433 from Poila Boishakh (15 April 2026). Boishakh to Choitro month table, Durga Puja schedule and the full festival calendar — computed, not copied.
Bengali Calendar (Bangabda) for 2026 — Bangla Sambat 1432 until Poila Boishakh on 15 April, then 1433. The month table below maps every Bengali month (Boishakh to Choitro) to its exact English dates, computed from the solar ingresses, alongside the year's festival calendar.
The Bengali calendar is a sidereal SOLAR calendar: each month begins the day after the Sun's sankranti into a new rashi, which is why Bengali months hold almost still against English dates while tithi festivals wander. The Bangabda year turns at Poila Boishakh — 15 April in 2026, opening Bangla San 1433. Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Saraswati Puja and Poila Boishakh anchor the festival year; the schedule of each is computed from the same ephemeris that powers this site's daily panjika.
Each Bengali month begins the day after its sankranti; the sankranti day itself closes the outgoing month. This is why Bengali months hold nearly still against English dates.
| Month | Bangabda | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poush পৌষ | 1432 | 17 December 2025 | 14 January 2026 |
| Magh মাঘ | 1432 | 15 January 2026 | 13 February 2026 |
| Falgun ফাল্গুন | 1432 | 14 February 2026 | 15 March 2026 |
| Choitro চৈত্র | 1432 | 16 March 2026 | 14 April 2026 |
| Boishakh বৈশাখ | 1433 | 15 April 2026 | 15 May 2026 |
| Joishtho জ্যৈষ্ঠ | 1433 | 16 May 2026 | 15 June 2026 |
| Asharh আষাঢ় | 1433 | 16 June 2026 | 16 July 2026 |
| Srabon শ্রাবণ | 1433 | 17 July 2026 | 17 August 2026 |
| Bhadro ভাদ্র | 1433 | 18 August 2026 | 17 September 2026 |
| Ashshin আশ্বিন | 1433 | 18 September 2026 | 17 October 2026 |
| Kartik কার্তিক | 1433 | 18 October 2026 | 16 November 2026 |
| Ogrohayon অগ্রহায়ণ | 1433 | 17 November 2026 | 16 December 2026 |
| Day | Date | Tithi |
|---|---|---|
| Mahalaya | 10 October 2026 · Sat | Ashwin Krishna Amavasya |
| Maha Shashthi | 16 October 2026 · Fri | Ashwin Shukla Shashthi |
| Maha Saptami | 17 October 2026 · Sat | Ashwin Shukla Saptami |
| Maha Ashtami | 19 October 2026 · Mon | Ashwin Shukla Ashtami |
| Maha Navami | 20 October 2026 · Tue | Ashwin Shukla Navami |
| Vijayadashami | 21 October 2026 · Wed | Ashwin Shukla Dashami |
| Date | Festival |
|---|---|
| 3 January 2026 · Sat | Pausha Purnima |
| 14 January 2026 · Wed | Makara Sankranti |
| 23 January 2026 · Fri | Vasant Panchami |
| 1 February 2026 · Sun | Magha Purnima |
| 13 February 2026 · Fri | Kumbha Sankranti |
| 16 February 2026 · Mon | Maha Shivaratri |
| 3 March 2026 · Tue | Holika Dahan / Phalguna Purnima |
| 15 March 2026 · Sun | Meena Sankranti |
| 19 March 2026 · Thu | Ugadi / Gudi Padwa |
| 21 March 2026 · Sat | Gangaur |
| 27 March 2026 · Fri | Ram Navami |
| 14 April 2026 · Tue | Mesha Sankranti |
| 19 April 2026 · Sun | Akshaya Tritiya |
| 1 May 2026 · Fri | Buddha Purnima |
| 15 May 2026 · Fri | Vrishabha Sankranti |
| 25 May 2026 · Mon | Ganga Dussehra |
| 15 June 2026 · Mon | Mithuna Sankranti |
| 15 June 2026 · Mon | Somvati Amavasya |
| 16 July 2026 · Thu | Karka Sankranti |
| 16 July 2026 · Thu | Rath Yatra |
| 29 July 2026 · Wed | Guru Purnima |
| 12 August 2026 · Wed | Hariyali Amavasya |
| 15 August 2026 · Sat | Hariyali Teej |
| 17 August 2026 · Mon | Simha Sankranti |
| 17 August 2026 · Mon | Nag Panchami |
| 18 August 2026 · Tue | Kalki Jayanti |
| 28 August 2026 · Fri | Raksha Bandhan |
| 4 September 2026 · Fri | Krishna Janmashtami |
| 14 September 2026 · Mon | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 17 September 2026 · Thu | Kanya Sankranti |
| 19 September 2026 · Sat | Radha Ashtami |
| 25 September 2026 · Fri | Anant Chaturdashi |
| 10 October 2026 · Sat | Mahalaya Amavasya |
| 11 October 2026 · Sun | Sharad Navratri begins |
| 17 October 2026 · Sat | Tula Sankranti |
| 19 October 2026 · Mon | Durga Ashtami |
| 21 October 2026 · Wed | Vijayadashami |
| 26 October 2026 · Mon | Sharad Purnima |
| 6 November 2026 · Fri | Dhanteras |
| 8 November 2026 · Sun | Diwali / Kali Puja |
| 9 November 2026 · Mon | Somvati Amavasya |
| 10 November 2026 · Tue | Govardhan Puja / Bestu Varas |
| 11 November 2026 · Wed | Bhai Dooj |
| 15 November 2026 · Sun | Chhath (Sandhya Arghya) |
| 16 November 2026 · Mon | Vrischika Sankranti |
| 24 November 2026 · Tue | Kartik Purnima / Dev Deepawali |
| 16 December 2026 · Wed | Dhanu Sankranti |
Computed 2026-10-01 · dates resolved for New Delhi, IST — the reference meridian printed panchangs use. The same tithi can resolve to a different civil date elsewhere on Earth.
English 2026 spans two Bangabda years: 1432 until 14 April 2026, and 1433 from Poila Boishakh on 15 April 2026. By the common rule, Bangabda = English year − 593 from mid-April onward.
Wednesday, 15 April 2026 — the day after Mesha Sankranti (14 April, when the Sun enters sidereal Mesha at 09:06 IST). It opens Bangla San 1433.
Each Bengali month starts a fixed day after its sankranti: Boishakh from 15 April, Joishtho from 16 May, Asharh from 16 June, Srabon from 17 July, Bhadro from 18 August, Ashshin from 18 September, Kartik from 18 October, Ogrohayon from 17 November, Poush from 17 December. The full table with end dates is on this page.
Durga Puja 2026 falls in the month of Ashshin/Kartik — the computed schedule on this page runs from Mahalaya through Vijayadashami in mid-October 2026. Bengal's two panjika schools occasionally differ by a day on individual tithis; the dedicated Durga Puja 2026 page shows each day with its tithi so you can see exactly where a difference would come from.
Positions from the shared Lahiri-sidereal ephemeris; sunrise by the NOAA solar calculator. Every date above is computed, not stored. How AskSoma computes things.
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