Tamil Calendar
December 2012: Tamil dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Nandana (Tamil year).
December 2012
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1
Karthigai 16 Krishna Tritiya Ardra
2
Karthigai 17 Krishna Chaturthi Punarvasu Sankashti Chaturthi
3
Karthigai 18 Krishna Panchami Pushya
4
Karthigai 19 Krishna Panchami Ashlesha
5
Karthigai 20 Krishna Shashthi Magha
6
Karthigai 21 Krishna Saptami Magha
7
Karthigai 22 Krishna Ashtami Purva Phalguni
8
Karthigai 23 Krishna Navami Uttara Phalguni
9
Karthigai 24 Krishna Ekadashi Chitra Utpanna Ekadashi
10
Karthigai 25 Krishna Dwadashi Swati
11
Karthigai 26 Krishna Trayodashi Vishakha Bhauma Pradosham Masik Shivaratri
12
Karthigai 27 Krishna Chaturdashi Anuradha
13
Karthigai 28 Amavasya Jyeshtha Kartika Amavasya
14
Karthigai 29 Shukla Pratipada Mula
15
Karthigai 30 Shukla Tritiya Purva Ashadha
16
Margazhi 1 Shukla Chaturthi Uttara Ashadha Dhanu Sankranti
17
Margazhi 2 Shukla Panchami Shravana
18
Margazhi 3 Shukla Shashthi Dhanishta
19
Margazhi 4 Shukla Saptami Shatabhisha
20
Margazhi 5 Shukla Ashtami Purva Bhadrapada
21
Margazhi 6 Shukla Navami Uttara Bhadrapada
22
Margazhi 7 Shukla Dashami Revati
23
Margazhi 8 Shukla Ekadashi Ashwini Vaikunta Ekadasi Mokshada Ekadashi
24
Margazhi 9 Shukla Dwadashi Bharani
25
Margazhi 10 Shukla Dwadashi Krittika Bhauma Pradosham
26
Margazhi 11 Shukla Trayodashi Rohini
27
Margazhi 12 Shukla Chaturdashi Mrigashira Margashirsha Purnima
28
Margazhi 13 Purnima Ardra Arudra Darisanam
29
Margazhi 14 Krishna Pratipada Punarvasu
30
Margazhi 15 Krishna Dwitiya Punarvasu
31
Margazhi 16 Krishna Tritiya Pushya
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Dec Sunday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 02 Dec, 03:54 to 03 Dec, 05:57; moonrise 20:38 |
| 09 Dec Sunday | Utpanna Ekadashi | Ekadashi 09 Dec, 06:06 to 10 Dec, 03:46; Parana on 10 Dec from 09:02 to 13:16 |
| 11 Dec Tuesday | Bhauma Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 11 Dec, 00:52 to 11 Dec, 21:32 |
| 11 Dec Tuesday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 11 Dec, 21:32 to 12 Dec, 17:55 |
| 13 Dec Thursday | Kartika Amavasya | Amavasya 12 Dec, 17:55 to 13 Dec, 14:11 |
| 16 Dec Sunday | Dhanu Sankranti | The Sun enters Sagittarius at 15 Dec 2012, 20:14; after sunset, so observed the next day |
| 23 Dec Sunday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 8, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 23 Dec Sunday | Mokshada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 23 Dec, 02:49 to 24 Dec, 05:19; Parana on 24 Dec from 12:00 to 13:22 |
| 25 Dec Tuesday | Bhauma Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 25 Dec, 08:02 to 26 Dec, 10:48 |
| 27 Dec Thursday | Margashirsha Purnima | Purnima 27 Dec, 13:26 to 28 Dec, 15:51 |
| 28 Dec Friday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 13, Ardra |
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.