Odia Calendar (Odia Panjika Date, Tithi & Sankranti)
Every day’s Odia date, tithi and nakshatra — with the Sankrantis and Odisha’s festivals.
Calendar
festival Sankranti Ekadashi Purnima Amavasya — tap a day for its details.
Corner: the Odia date (the month’s name on its first day, the day of the Sankranti). Lines: tithi and nakshatra at sunrise, festivals.
Selected day
Rahu kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika
Festivals and observances
About the Odia Calendar (Odia Panjika Date, Tithi & Sankranti)
A month of the Odia calendar for your own town. Every day shows its Odia date — the day of Baisakha, Jyeshtha, Ashadha … Chaitra — counted from the Sankranti that begins the month, with the tithi and nakshatra current at sunrise. The lunar months that Odisha’s festivals follow (purnimanta, ending at the full moon) are shown beside the solar ones. Pana Sankranti — Maha Vishuba Sankranti, the Odia New Year — Raja Sankranti and every other Sankranti are marked, with Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra, Snana, Gamha, Kumar, Kartika and Dola Purnima, Prathamastami, Durga Puja and the monthly Purnima, Amavasya and Ekadashi. Tap a day for its panchang and its Rahu kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika.
An Odia month begins on the day of its Sankranti — the day, counted from sunrise to sunrise, in which the Sun enters the next sidereal sign. Calculated this way, with the ayanamsa of the Rashtriya Panchang, every month beginning matches its table for Punjab, Haryana and Odisha. Names are in Odia and English; print the month on A4 or Letter, save it as CSV, or add the year’s festivals to your phone calendar. Everything is calculated on your device.
How to use it
- Search for your town, or open Coordinates and time zone and type its latitude and longitude: the calendar follows the town’s sunrise, sunset and time zone. Until you choose a town it shows Bhubaneswar.
- Choose the month and year (or step with the arrows), Odia or English names, and whether weeks start on Sunday or Monday.
- Read a day: the Odia date sits in the corner — the month’s name on its first day, the Sankranti — then the tithi at sunrise (ଶୁ = Shukla, କୃ = Krushna paksha), the nakshatra at sunrise and the festivals. The purnimanta lunar months are under the title.
- Tap a day for its panchang and Rahu kalam. Use Print for a wall sheet, CSV for a spreadsheet, Year .ics for your phone’s calendar, or Copy dates for the festival list.
Examples
Bhubaneswar · Baisakha to Chaitra
Baisakha 1 (Pana Sankranti): 14 Apr 2026 · Jyeshtha 1: 15 May · Ashadha 1 (Raja Sankranti): 15 Jun · Shrabana 1: 16 Jul · Bhadraba 1: 17 Aug · Ashwina 1: 17 Sep · Kartika 1: 17 Oct · Margashira 1: 16 Nov · Pausha 1: 16 Dec · Magha 1 (Makara Sankranti): 14 Jan 2027 · Phalguna 1: 13 Feb · Chaitra 1: 15 Mar — the dates of the Rashtriya Panchang’s table for Odisha
14 April 2025: the Sun enters sidereal Mesha at 03:22 IST; sunrise at Bhubaneswar 05:30
The entry belongs to the day that began at sunrise on 13 April, so Pana Sankranti and Baisakha 1 are 13 April 2025 — the date the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris gives for Mesha Sankranti in Odisha.
Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya at sunrise, Bhubaneswar
Rath Yatra on 16 July 2026 and Bahuda Yatra, the return, on 24 July 2026, the ninth day counting Rath Yatra as the first.
How the Odia date is worked out
The Odia months are solar. Each lasts while the Sun is in one sidereal sign — Baisakha while it is in Mesha, Jyeshtha in Vrisha, and so on to Chaitra in Mina — so a month has 29 to 32 days. The Sun’s sidereal position uses the variable (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa of the Rashtriya Panchang. The month begins on the day of the Sankranti, the day counted from sunrise to sunrise, so an entry after midnight but before sunrise belongs to the day before — the “sunrise rule” of the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris for Mesha and Rajas Sankranti in Odisha.
The tests compare every month beginning with the Rashtriya Panchang’s table for Punjab, Haryana and Odisha, and Pana Sankranti and Raja Sankranti with the Ephemeris over eight years, three of them with an entry before sunrise; all agree.
Lunar months, tithi and nakshatra
- Lunar months: Odisha’s festivals follow lunar months that end at the full moon (purnimanta). The day panel and the line under the title give them; an adhika (extra) month is named when two new moons fall while the Sun is in one sign.
- Tithi and nakshatra: the ones current at sunrise name the day; the panchang gives when they end and what follows. A “+” marks a tithi that begins and ends before the next sunrise, a ² the second day of a tithi.
- Purnima and Amavasya are kept on the day whose sunrise they cover, and named by the purnimanta month; Ekadashi follows the Smarta rule, with the Vaishnava day when it differs.
- Year: the line under the title gives the Shaka year counted from Pana Sankranti, as the Rashtriya Panchang’s table of eras counts the traditional Shaka year.
Festivals and the rules they follow
- Pana Sankranti (Maha Vishuba Sankranti, the Odia New Year), Raja Sankranti (Mithuna Sankranti — Raja is kept for three days, from the day before) and Makara Sankranti are the days their months begin; the other Sankrantis are marked too.
- Rath Yatra: Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya at sunrise; Bahuda Yatra the ninth day counting Rath Yatra as the first.
- Snana Purnima (Jyeshtha Purnima), Gamha Purnima (Shravana Purnima) and Dola Purnima (Phalguna Purnima) on the day of the Purnima; Kumar Purnima on the evening Ashwin Purnima is current; Kartika Purnima (Boita Bandana).
- Prathamastami: Margashira Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) at sunrise.
- Also marked: Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Ashtami, Maha Navami, Dussehra, Diwali and Kali Puja and Maha Shivaratri by the Rashtriya Panchang’s rules.
The tests check Rath Yatra, Bahuda Yatra, Kumar Purnima, Prathamastami and Dola Purnima against the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris and the Rashtriya Panchang.
Local panjikas
This calendar is computed from the true positions of the Sun and the Moon, as the Rashtriya Panchang is. Some Odia panjikas use traditional methods and can differ by a day when a tithi or a Sankranti falls close to sunrise; for temple festivals at Puri and elsewhere, follow the temple’s own announcements.
Sources
- India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomy Centre: Rashtriya Panchang — Regional calendars, Chronological eras, Explanation and Principal festivals — and the festival criteria of the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris; the Odia names follow the Rashtriya Panchang’s Odia edition.
- D. Cross, astronomy-engine (MIT licence): the positions of the Sun and the Moon and the searches for sunrise and sunset.
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): the towns, coordinates and time zones of the place search.
Limitations
- Local panjikas and temples can keep a tithi, a festival or a Sankranti a day earlier or later when it falls close to sunrise.
- Temple festivals of Puri that follow the temple’s own almanac (Chandan Yatra, Anasara, Nabakalebara) are not placed; every day’s tithi and nakshatra are shown so you can find them.
- Times are for a level horizon at sea level; hills change sunrise and sunset by a few minutes.
- Years from 1900 to 2100 are supported. Where the Sun does not rise or set (near the poles) the civil day is used.
Privacy
Everything is calculated in your browser, and the CSV and calendar files are made there too. A town or coordinates you choose are remembered in this browser for the panchang tools; Reset forgets them.
Frequently asked questions
When does an Odia month begin?
On the day of its Sankranti — the day, from sunrise to sunrise, in which the Sun enters the next sign. So Pana Sankranti is also Baisakha 1, and Raja Sankranti is Ashadha 1.
Why is Pana Sankranti sometimes on 13 April?
Pana Sankranti is the day, counted from sunrise to sunrise, in which the Sun enters Mesha. That is 13 April when the entry comes on the evening of the 13th, as in 2020 and 2024, and also when it comes after midnight but before the sunrise of the 14th, as in 2021 and 2025: that moment still belongs to the day that began at sunrise on the 13th.
Which lunar month is it?
The line under the title gives the purnimanta lunar months of the month on screen, and the day panel gives the month and paksha of each day. Odisha’s lunar months end at the full moon, so the Krishna paksha after a Purnima already belongs to the next month.
Can I use it outside Odisha?
Yes. Choose your own town: month beginnings, the tithi at sunrise and the periods of the day follow its sunrise and sunset. For Odisha’s dates from abroad, choose Bhubaneswar or your home town.
Can I print an Odia monthly calendar?
Yes. Choose A4 or Letter and press Print: the month prints on one page with each day’s Odia date, tithi and nakshatra and the festival list below the grid. In the print dialog you can also save it as a PDF.