भुवनेश्वर पंचांग · Bhubaneswar Panchang Friday, 31 July 2026 · Shravana Krishna Dvitiya · Ekamra Kshetra
Sunrise in Bhubaneswar, Odisha is 05:21 IST today — 21 minutes earlier than New Delhi, because the city sits at 85.82°E on a clock set for 82.5°E. Every reading below is taken at that sunrise, which is the traditional anchor, so the boundary times here can differ by minutes from an almanac typeset for another meridian.
Today at a glance
Tithi timeline
| Day | Tithi | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Yesterday · Thu 30 Jul | Krishna Pratipada | 21:16 |
| Today · Fri 31 Jul | Krishna Dvitiya | 22:20 |
| Tomorrow · Sat 1 Aug | Krishna Tritiya | 23:00 |
Today in Bhubaneswar
Lingaraj's Ashokashtami rath rolls on Chaitra Shukla Ashtami, three months before the better-known Puri Rath Yatra on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya sixty kilometres east — two chariot festivals on two different tithis, which is a useful reminder that "Rath Yatra" is a rite, not a date. Ekamra's Shivaratri jagara at Lingaraj is kept through the nishita hours, after the sunset printed on this page.
Bhubaneswar is running Shravana Krishna Dvitiya today, which holds until 22:20. Keep anything you are starting fresh outside Rahu Kaal 10:15–11:53; the cleanest window of the day is Abhijit at 11:27–12:19.
This week in Bhubaneswar
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Rahu Kaal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 31 Jul | Krishna Dvitiya | Dhanishta | 10:15–11:53 |
| Sat 1 Aug | Krishna Tritiya | Shatabhisha | 08:37–10:15 |
| Sun 2 Aug | Krishna Chaturthi | Purva Bhadrapada | 16:46–18:24 |
| Mon 3 Aug | Krishna Panchami | Uttara Bhadrapada | 07:00–08:38 |
| Tue 4 Aug | Krishna Shashthi | Revati | 15:08–16:45 |
| Wed 5 Aug | Krishna Saptami | Ashwini | 11:53–13:30 |
| Thu 6 Aug | Krishna Ashtami | Bharani | 13:30–15:07 |
Bhubaneswar month calendars
Frequently asked questions
What time is sunrise in Bhubaneswar today, and why does it differ from New Delhi?
Sunrise in Bhubaneswar today is 05:21 IST and sunset is 18:25 IST — 21 minutes earlier than New Delhi. The cause is longitude, not the calendar: the whole country keeps one clock set to 82.5°E while Bhubaneswar sits at 85.82°E, and every degree is worth about four minutes of sky. Everything on this page — the tithi and nakshatra readings, Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika and the Choghadiya split — is anchored to that local sunrise rather than to a Delhi almanac's.
Which lunar-month system does this page use for Bhubaneswar, and does it change the tithi?
Odisha dates its civil year solar, from Pana Sankranti at the Sun's Mesha ingress, while its temple observance runs on tithi and nakshatra. This page labels the lunar month by the purnimanta convention; an Odia panji will give you a solar date for the same night. The tithi and its end time, which is what decides a temple's ritual sequence, are the same document in either. Today the amanta reckoning calls this month Ashadha and the purnimanta reckoning calls it Shravana; the tithi is the same number in both. If you were quoted a date in the amanta system, the day is still the same day.
What this page cannot tell you
This is a panchang, not a birth chart. The tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and kaal windows above are the same for everyone standing in this city today; none of them knows your Moon sign, your running dasha, or the lagna that would rise at the hour you pick. Several observances also follow a rule this page does not apply — Janmashtami is settled at midnight, Diwali at pradosh, some ekadashi vratas by their parana window — so a temple's announced date can sit a day either side of the tithi marked here. Where that matters, check against your own family almanac; a disagreement between two panchangs is usually a difference of convention, not of fact.
How these timings were computed
Sunrise and sunset come from a NOAA solar-position model applied to Bhubaneswar's actual coordinates (20.2961°N, 85.8245°E), not to a district centroid or a state capital. Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are read at that same local sunrise from a sidereal ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa, and their end times are found by bisection to about a minute. Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika are the weekday-selected eighths of the real daylight span, which is why they move through the year instead of sitting at a fixed clock hour. Nothing on this page is copied from a printed almanac.