The Odia Panji. Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Odia solar month and the Shaka year.
Odia Panji 1956 opens in July during Vilayati Sal 1363 of the Hindu calendar.
July 1956
Vilayati Sal 1363
Shaka Samvat 1878 (Durmukha)
Ashadha – Shrabana
Festivals & Vrats in July 1956
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:54 AM, Jul 1 – 2:32 AM, Jul 2
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Yogini Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 12:49 AM, Jul 4 – 11:10 PM, Jul 4
A fast that frees one from sin and disease, dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:29 PM, Jul 5 – 5:27 PM, Jul 6
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 5:26 PM, Jul 6 – 1:54 PM, Jul 7
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:56 PM, Jul 7 – 10:07 AM, Jul 8
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 1:56 PM, Jul 7 – 10:07 AM, Jul 8
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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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:56 PM, Jul 7 – 10:07 AM, Jul 8
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 1:56 PM, Jul 7 – 10:07 AM, Jul 8
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Jagannath Rath Yatra
Tithi 10:07 AM, Jul 8 – 6:16 AM, Jul 9
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are pulled through Puri on giant chariots.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 10:58 PM, Jul 10 – 7:47 PM, Jul 11
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Hera Panchami
Tithi 7:51 PM, Jul 11 – 5:17 PM, Jul 12
Five days into Rath Yatra, Goddess Lakshmi visits the Gundicha temple in search of Lord Jagannath.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 2:20 PM, Jul 14 – 2:11 PM, Jul 15
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
Tithi 2:05 PM, Jul 15 – 2:41 PM, Jul 16
The Sun enters Karka and begins its southward journey (Dakshinayana) — the night of the gods, opening the holy Chaturmas season of vrats and worship.
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Raivata Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 2:37 PM, Jul 16 – 3:51 PM, Jul 17
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Raivata Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Shukla Dashami.
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Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:49 PM, Jul 17 – 5:33 PM, Jul 18
Lord Vishnu begins his four-month cosmic sleep and Chaturmas starts; in Maharashtra it is Ashadhi Ekadashi, the climax of the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage to Lord Vitthal.
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Niladri Bije
Tithi 7:42 PM, Jul 19 – 10:02 PM, Jul 20
Lord Jagannath returns to the sanctum (Ratna Singhasana) after Rath Yatra, marking its close.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:42 PM, Jul 19 – 10:02 PM, Jul 20
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Guru Purnima
Tithi 12:31 AM, Jul 22 – 2:59 AM, Jul 23
A day to honour gurus and the sage Veda Vyasa, on the full moon of Ashadha.
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Ashadha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:31 AM, Jul 22 – 2:59 AM, Jul 23
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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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 12:31 AM, Jul 22 – 2:59 AM, Jul 23
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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Chakshusha Manvadi Vrat
Tithi 12:31 AM, Jul 22 – 2:59 AM, Jul 23
A Manvadi Tithi marking the start of the Chakshusha Manvantara, observed for Shradh and charity, on Ashadha Purnima.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 2:59 AM, Jul 23 – 5:23 AM, Jul 24
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 9:35 AM, Jul 26 – 11:07 AM, Jul 27
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 1:21 PM, Jul 30 – 12:42 PM, Jul 31
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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