The Odia Panji. Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Odia solar month and the Shaka year.
Odia Panji 1948 opens in December during Vilayati Sal 1356 of the Hindu calendar.
December 1948
Vilayati Sal 1356
Shaka Samvat 1870 (Sarvadhari)
Margasira – Pausa
Festivals & Vrats in December 1948
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:13 AM, Dec 1 – 11:12 PM, Dec 1
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 11:09 PM, Dec 3 – 11:55 PM, Dec 4
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 6:08 AM, Dec 8 – 8:44 AM, Dec 9
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Gita Jayanti / Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 1:36 PM, Dec 11 – 3:07 PM, Dec 12
The day the Bhagavad Gita was revealed to Arjuna, observed with the Mokshada Ekadashi fast.
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:10 PM, Dec 13 – 4:18 PM, Dec 14
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Margashirsha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:54 PM, Dec 15 – 2:42 PM, Dec 16
The full-moon fast, kept with a day-long vrat, a vigil, Satyanarayan Puja and charity, culminating in the worship of the rising full moon.
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Margashirsha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 3:54 PM, Dec 15 – 2:42 PM, Dec 16
The full moon of Margashirsha — kept with Dattatreya worship, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 3:54 PM, Dec 15 – 2:42 PM, Dec 16
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the full moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 2:48 PM, Dec 16 – 1:05 PM, Dec 17
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 8:50 AM, Dec 19 – 6:28 AM, Dec 20
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 11:41 PM, Dec 22 – 9:42 PM, Dec 23
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Saphala Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 6:30 PM, Dec 25 – 5:15 PM, Dec 26
A fast that is believed to make all of one's endeavours fruitful.
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:13 PM, Dec 27 – 3:33 PM, Dec 28
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 3:30 PM, Dec 28 – 3:11 PM, Dec 29
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:07 PM, Dec 29 – 3:13 PM, Dec 30
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:07 PM, Dec 29 – 3:13 PM, Dec 30
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 3:07 PM, Dec 29 – 3:13 PM, Dec 30
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the new moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 3:08 PM, Dec 30 – 3:42 PM, Dec 31
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
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