Oriya Calendar

The calendar was primarily adopted by the people of the Indian state of Odisha. It is a Hindu calendar, unlike the common English calendar. In the Odia language, it is called ‘Panji’ or ‘Odia Panjika’. The Odia people use this calendar to list the dates of celebrations like auspicious Waxing to conduct marriage ceremonies, Upanayanams, and other great occasions.

This calendar follows the same basic structure shared with most other calendars: 12 months, 6 seasons, 7 days a week. The names of months in the Odia calendar are Baisakha, Jyesṭha, Asaḍha, Srabaṇa, Bhadraba, Aswina, Kartika, Margasira, Pausa, Magha, Phalguna, and Chaitra. There are six seasons Grisma, Barsa, Sarata, Hemanta, Sita, and Basanta. Each season lasts for two months. Likewise, seven days are called Rabi, Soma, Mangala, Budha, Guru, Sukra, and Sani in the Odia language. The following table indicates the mapping of Odia months with English months and Odia seasons with English seasons.