Hindu Calendar
December 2016: Hindu (Purnimanta) dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Vikram Samvat 2073.
December 2016
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Margashirsha Shukla Dwitiya Mula
2
Margashirsha Shukla Tritiya Purva Ashadha
3
Margashirsha Shukla Chaturthi Purva Ashadha
4
Margashirsha Shukla Panchami Uttara Ashadha Vivah Panchami
5
Margashirsha Shukla Shashthi Shravana
6
Margashirsha Shukla Saptami Dhanishta
7
Margashirsha Shukla Ashtami Shatabhisha
8
Margashirsha Shukla Navami Purva Bhadrapada
9
Margashirsha Shukla Dashami Uttara Bhadrapada
10
Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi Revati Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi
11
Margashirsha Shukla Dwadashi Bharani Pradosham
12
Margashirsha Shukla Trayodashi Krittika
13
Margashirsha Shukla Chaturdashi Rohini Dattatreya Jayanti Margashirsha Purnima
14
Pausha Krishna Pratipada Mrigashira
15
Pausha Krishna Dwitiya Ardra
16
Pausha Krishna Tritiya Punarvasu Dhanu Sankranti
17
Pausha Krishna Chaturthi Pushya Sankashti Chaturthi
18
Pausha Krishna Panchami Ashlesha
19
Pausha Krishna Shashthi Magha
20
Pausha Krishna Saptami Purva Phalguni
21
Pausha Krishna Ashtami Uttara Phalguni
22
Pausha Krishna Navami Hasta
23
Pausha Krishna Dashami Chitra
24
Pausha Krishna Ekadashi Swati Saphala Ekadashi
25
Pausha Krishna Dwadashi Vishakha
26
Pausha Krishna Trayodashi Anuradha Soma Pradosham
27
Pausha Krishna Trayodashi Jyeshtha Masik Shivaratri
28
Pausha Krishna Chaturdashi Jyeshtha
29
Pausha Krishna Amavasya Mula Margashirsha Amavasya
30
Pausha Shukla Pratipada Purva Ashadha
31
Pausha Shukla Dwitiya Uttara Ashadha
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 04 Dec Sunday | Vivah Panchami | Margashirsha Shukla Panchami, 04 Dec, 01:24 to 05 Dec, 02:26 |
| 10 Dec Saturday | Gita Jayanti | Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi, 09 Dec, 22:28 to 10 Dec, 19:44 |
| 10 Dec Saturday | Mokshada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 09 Dec, 22:28 to 10 Dec, 19:44; Parana on 11 Dec from 07:03 to 13:16 |
| 11 Dec Sunday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 11 Dec, 16:31 to 12 Dec, 12:58 |
| 13 Dec Tuesday | Dattatreya Jayanti | Margashirsha Purnima, 13 Dec, 09:16 to 14 Dec, 05:35 |
| 13 Dec Tuesday | Margashirsha Purnima | Purnima 13 Dec, 09:16 to 14 Dec, 05:35 |
| 16 Dec Friday | Dhanu Sankranti | The Sun enters Sagittarius at 15 Dec 2016, 20:54; after sunset, so observed the next day |
| 17 Dec Saturday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 16 Dec, 20:35 to 17 Dec, 18:51; moonrise 21:11 |
| 24 Dec Saturday | Saphala Ekadashi | Ekadashi 24 Dec, 00:54 to 25 Dec, 03:32; Parana on 25 Dec from 10:10 to 13:23 |
| 26 Dec Monday | Soma Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 26 Dec, 06:07 to 27 Dec, 08:30 |
| 27 Dec Tuesday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 27 Dec, 08:30 to 28 Dec, 10:36 |
| 29 Dec Thursday | Margashirsha Amavasya | Amavasya 28 Dec, 10:36 to 29 Dec, 12:23 |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.