# Poila Boishakh 2026: date and time in West Bengal

> Poila Boishakh 2026: Wednesday, 15 April 2026 (1 Boishakh 1433). Sankranti 14 Apr, 9:32 am. West Bengal, Drik school, with the rule that sets the day.

Canonical: https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/poila-boishakh-2026
Bengali version: https://ritupatra.app/festivals/poila-boishakh-2026
Built: 2026-10-28
Times: Kolkata, Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Also called: Pohela Boishakh · Poila Baisakh · Bengali New Year · পয়লা বৈশাখ

## When is Poila Boishakh

**Wednesday, 15 April 2026** · 1 Boishakh 1433 · Grishmo (summer)

Sankranti 14 Apr, 9:32 am

## Charak Puja

- Tuesday, 14 April 2026 · 30 Chaitra 1432
- Sankranti 14 Apr, 9:32 am
- Chaitra Sankranti

## Poila Boishakh

- Wednesday, 15 April 2026 · 1 Boishakh 1433
- Sankranti 14 Apr, 9:32 am
- 1 Boishakh

## How the day is chosen

Poila Boishakh is the first day of the Bengali year, 1 Boishakh. The sankranti is the moment the Sun enters Mesha (Aries, sidereal). By the West Bengal rule, a sankranti between sunrise and midnight starts the month the next day; one after midnight, the day after that. The day before is Chaitra Sankranti, the day of Charak Puja.

Traditional (Surya Siddhanta) panjikas, such as Gupta Press and Beni Madhab Sil, can differ in tithi times by hours, so in some years the day differs too. Their dates will appear here side by side once that school has been checked against a full printed year.

Tithi times are for Kolkata, in Indian Standard Time. Panjikas give Kolkata’s festival days for all of West Bengal. [Why another panjika may differ](https://ritupatra.app/support#en)

## Related

- [Ram Navami](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/ram-navami-2026)
- [Akshaya Tritiya](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/akshaya-tritiya-2026)
- [All festivals of 2026](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/2026)
- [Boishakh 1433 calendar](https://ritupatra.app/en/1433/boishakh)
- [Poila Boishakh 2027](https://ritupatra.app/en/festivals/poila-boishakh-2027)
- [How the dates are counted](https://ritupatra.app/en/method)