Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika
বেণীমাধব শীলের পঞ্জিকা
Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika (since 1885) is one of the two flagship Bengali panjikas — alongside Gupta Press. It is widely followed in Bengali Hindu households for daily reference and festival observances, with comprehensive astrological and vratam content.
Key Facts
| Region | West Bengal |
| Language | Bengali |
| Publisher | Benimadhab Shil family publishers, Kolkata |
| Founder | Benimadhab Shil |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Calculation | Drik Ganita with Lahiri Ayanamsa (modern editions) |
| Where to Get | Bengali bookstores, College Street Kolkata, online Bengali retailers |
A 140+ Year Bengali Tradition
Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika has been published continuously since 1885 by the Benimadhab Shil family in Kolkata. It is one of the two principal Bengali panjikas (alongside Gupta Press), widely followed across West Bengal, Tripura, and the Bengali diaspora.
"Full" Panjika Format
The "Full Panjika" name indicates a comprehensive multi-hundred-page edition with detailed daily entries, complete festival listings, muhurtam tables, rashi-phal, and extensive horoscope/jyotish content — distinguishing it from abbreviated pocket editions.
How Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika arrives at a date
Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika is calculated using Drik Ganita with Lahiri Ayanamsa (modern editions). Drik Ganita means the positions of the sun and moon are computed for the moment being asked about, rather than read from the pre-computed mean-motion tables of the older Vakya method, and the Lahiri ayanamsa is the offset between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs that India adopted as its national standard.
That is the same basis the panchangam on this site is computed on, so the tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana published here are arrived at the same way. What this site does not do is reproduce Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika: the figures here are computed for the date and place asked for, and no attempt is made to reconcile them with a printed edition.
Questions about Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika
Can a festival fall on a different day in Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika than on this site?
It can. The observance day is set by the tithi running at sunrise, and sunrise moves with longitude, so a tithi that begins in the hours either side of dawn can start before sunrise in West Bengal and after sunrise somewhere else. An edition prepared for one region and a calculation made for another city then differ by a day on that observance while agreeing on everything around it.
Where can readers get Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika?
Through Bengali bookstores, College Street Kolkata, online Bengali retailers. A panchangam is an annual publication: a copy covers one samvatsara and is replaced each year rather than kept as a standing reference.
Does this site publish the dates printed in Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika?
No. This page is a directory entry for a printed publication. Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika is published by Benimadhab Shil family publishers, Kolkata, prepared in Bengali for readers in West Bengal. The daily panchangam on this site is computed independently and is not a reproduction of Benimadhab Shil's Full Panjika or of any other printed edition.