Regional Festivals
Top Odia Festivals 2027
The parba (festivals) of Odisha. Pana Sankranti opens the Odia new year. Raja comes at the start of the rains, Lord Jagannath bathes on Snana Purnima and rides out on Rath Yatra, and Kartika Purnima ends the year with Boita Bandana, when small boats with lamps are floated at dawn. Dates are for Bhubaneswar.
FAQ
Odia Festivals 2027: FAQ
This calendar lists 23 of the most important Odia festivals for 2027. Each has its exact date and weekday, worked out by Drik Ganita from the true positions of the Sun and Moon.
Makar Sankranti is the first on this list, on Friday, 15 January 2027.
Yes. Most festival dates depend on which tithi holds at sunrise or at a set time of day, and those times shift with location. These are for Bhubaneswar. Open any festival for its date and full panchang in your own city.
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What is Janmashtami?
The prison in Mathura and the crossing to Gokul as the Bhagavata tells them, the midnight abhishekam of Bal Gopal, and Kerala’s Ashtami Rohini.
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What is Ganesh Chaturthi?
The boy Parvati made, as the Shiva Purana tells it, the moon’s curse and the Syamantaka jewel, and the puja from sthapana to visarjan.
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What is Navratri?
The war with Mahishasura as the Durga Saptashati tells it, Rama’s vow, and how Bengal, Gujarat and the south keep the nine nights.
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What is Diwali?
Why lamps are lit, the stories behind the night, and what each of the five days is for.
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