The Odia Panji. Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Odia solar month and the Shaka year.
Odia Panji 1987 opens in December during Vilayati Sal 1395 of the Hindu calendar.
December 1987
Vilayati Sal 1395
Shaka Samvat 1909 (Prabhava)
Margasira – Pausa
Festivals & Vrats in December 1987
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Gita Jayanti / Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:26 PM, Nov 30 – 1:37 PM, Dec 1
The day the Bhagavad Gita was revealed to Arjuna, observed with the Mokshada Ekadashi fast.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:58 PM, Dec 2 – 12:50 PM, Dec 3
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Margashirsha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:51 PM, Dec 4 – 1:30 PM, Dec 5
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 12:51 PM, Dec 4 – 1:30 PM, Dec 5
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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Margashirsha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 12:51 PM, Dec 4 – 1:30 PM, Dec 5
The full moon of Margashirsha — kept with Dattatreya worship, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 12:51 PM, Dec 4 – 1:30 PM, Dec 5
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 5:49 PM, Dec 8 – 8:10 PM, Dec 9
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:03 AM, Dec 13 – 6:23 AM, Dec 14
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Saphala Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 8:45 AM, Dec 16 – 8:10 AM, Dec 17
A fast that is believed to make all of one's endeavours fruitful.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:08 AM, Dec 18 – 5:19 AM, Dec 19
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 5:19 AM, Dec 19 – 3:06 AM, Dec 20
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:52 AM, Dec 20 – 12:02 AM, Dec 21
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 2:52 AM, Dec 20 – 12:02 AM, Dec 21
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 2:52 AM, Dec 20 – 12:02 AM, Dec 21
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 11:56 PM, Dec 20 – 8:43 PM, Dec 21
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 1:57 PM, Dec 23 – 10:58 AM, Dec 24
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 4:11 AM, Dec 27 – 2:45 AM, Dec 28
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:01 AM, Dec 30 – 2:09 AM, Dec 31
Observed by parents praying to Lord Vishnu for worthy children.
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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