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As per the siderial solar cycle followed by the Odia Panjika, the first day of the year or New Year falls on Mesa Sankranti (Sun-crossing into Siderial Aries) in Mid-April. The ''Odia New Year'' festival is known as '''Pana Sankranti''' ({{lang-or|ପଣା ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି}}) or '''Maha Vishuba Sankranti''' ({{lang-or|ମହା ବିଷୁବ ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି}}).<ref>Crump, William D. (2014), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cDTfCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide], MacFarland, page 114</ref>

The '''Amli era''' ({{lang-or|ଅମଳି}} Amaḷi) for the Odia calendar began on 592 CE on Bhādra śukla dvādaśī. Hence the Era calendar new year falls on (the 12th day of the full moon fortnight or the waxing moon lunar phase of the Bhādra month in September). ThisBhādra dayśukla is termed as the Odia fiscal New Year anddvādaśī is knownconsidered asto the festival of '''Sunia''' ({{lang-or|ସୁନିଆଁ}}) which denotesbe the startbirthday of the beginningmythical ofking the[[Indradyumna]] newwho fiscalset calendar year forup the collection of revenue, publishing of almanacs andup the palm-leaf horoscopes carrying the reigning yearicon of theLord Gajapati[[Jagannath]] King.([[Neela Post-1947,Madhava]]) itat has been reduced as a ceremonial day and is mostly used in the Panji calendars to denote the change of Odia calendar year for records and horoscopes[[Puri]].<ref>{{cite webbook |title=SuniaBharatiya |publisher=puriwavesJyotish Sastra Part 2 |url=https://puriwavesarchive.nirmalya.inorg/photo_newsdetails/suniabharatiya-52jyotish-ankasastra-14192-declaredsankar-bybalakrishna-gajapati-maharaja-dibyasing-devdikshit/page/n1/mode/2up |publisher=India Meteorological Department |year=1896 |author=Sankar Balakrishna Dikshit |access-date=5 December 2020-4-12 }}</ref><ref>{{citationcite book |title=SuniaChronological (Thetables Odiafrom Calendar)1764 to 1900 |url=https://odiaarchive.org/articlesdetails/sunia_odidli.pdfcsl.7604/mode/2up |authoryear=Subhash Sahu1894 |dateauthor=2009Girish Chandra Tarkalankar |access-date=5 December 2020-4-12 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=The Ankaepoch Ceremonyseems ofto thecorrespond Kingto ofthe Puri (India) |publisher=Journalreign of Social Sciences[[Shailodbhava dynasty|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321220231Shailodbhava]] |author=Rolandand Hardenbergearly |date=July[[Eastern 2000Ganga dynasty|access-date=5Eastern DecemberGanga]] 2020dynasties. }}</ref>

! Odia New Year<br>(Pana Sankranti/Maha Vishuba Sankranti)

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