The below Kohinoor Odia calendar is not a complete Odia Panjika but a handy reference for all the important festival dates for the year. There are many variants of Odia calendar is followed in Odisha region but the most common and popular Odia calendar is the Kohinoor Odia calendar. 1st January is not celebrated as the new year day but Pana Sankranti is the new year day according to the Odia calendar, so Odia new year festival is also known as Pana Sankranti or Maha Bishuba Sankranti. He has composed music for hundreds of Odissi dance items and has worked closely with the founding Gurus of Odissi dance including Guru Pankaj Charan Das, Guru Deba Prasad Das & Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra.
Krushna Pakhya starts on the day of the full moon, which is called Purnima, and ends before the new moon.īaisakha is the first month of the Odia calendar. Ramarao Patra (Odia: born 1947) is an Odissi music Guru, Odissi Bina exponent or Binkra (also spelled Veena), noted composer & vocalist. Shukla Pakhya starts on the day of the new moon, which is called Amavasya, and ends before the full Moon. In every Odia month, there are two Pakhya (fortnight) – Shukla Pakhya (Bright fortnight) and Krushna Pakhya (Dark fortnight). Following table shows the mapping of Odia months with English months and Odia seasons with English seasons.Īs per Odia calendar, the day begins and ends at sunrise. The names of the seven days in Odia language are Rabi, Soma, Mangala, Budha, Guru, Sukra and Sani. The names of the six seasons in Odia language are Grisma, Barsa, Sarata, Hemanta, Sita and Basanta. The names of the twelve months in Odia language are Baisakha, Jyesṭha, Asaḍha, Srabaṇa, Bhadraba, Aswina, Kartika, Margasira, Pausa, Magha, Phalguna and Chaitra. The Odia calendar consists of twelve months, six seasons and seven days a week like many other calendars. People of Odisha follow the Odia calendar to find the dates of various festivals, they also refer it to find the auspicious dates which are suitable for conducting marriage ceremony, thread ceremony and other important celebrations. In Odia language it is also called ‘Panji’ or ‘Odia Panjika’.
It is a Hindu calendar and is different from the usual English calendar. Odia calendar is primarily used by the people of Odisha state of India.