Tamil Calendar
December 2016: Tamil dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Durmukhi (Tamil year).
December 2016
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Karthigai 16 Shukla Dwitiya Mula
2
Karthigai 17 Shukla Tritiya Purva Ashadha
3
Karthigai 18 Shukla Chaturthi Purva Ashadha
4
Karthigai 19 Shukla Panchami Uttara Ashadha
5
Karthigai 20 Shukla Shashthi Shravana
6
Karthigai 21 Shukla Saptami Dhanishta
7
Karthigai 22 Shukla Ashtami Shatabhisha
8
Karthigai 23 Shukla Navami Purva Bhadrapada
9
Karthigai 24 Shukla Dashami Uttara Bhadrapada
10
Karthigai 25 Shukla Ekadashi Revati Mokshada Ekadashi
11
Karthigai 26 Shukla Dwadashi Bharani Pradosham
12
Karthigai 27 Shukla Trayodashi Krittika Karthigai Deepam
13
Karthigai 28 Shukla Chaturdashi Rohini Margashirsha Purnima
14
Karthigai 29 Krishna Pratipada Mrigashira
15
Karthigai 30 Krishna Dwitiya Ardra
16
Margazhi 1 Krishna Tritiya Punarvasu Dhanu Sankranti
17
Margazhi 2 Krishna Chaturthi Pushya Sankashti Chaturthi
18
Margazhi 3 Krishna Panchami Ashlesha
19
Margazhi 4 Krishna Shashthi Magha
20
Margazhi 5 Krishna Saptami Purva Phalguni
21
Margazhi 6 Krishna Ashtami Uttara Phalguni
22
Margazhi 7 Krishna Navami Hasta
23
Margazhi 8 Krishna Dashami Chitra
24
Margazhi 9 Krishna Ekadashi Swati Saphala Ekadashi
25
Margazhi 10 Krishna Dwadashi Vishakha
26
Margazhi 11 Krishna Trayodashi Anuradha Soma Pradosham
27
Margazhi 12 Krishna Trayodashi Jyeshtha Masik Shivaratri
28
Margazhi 13 Krishna Chaturdashi Jyeshtha
29
Margazhi 14 Amavasya Mula Margashirsha Amavasya
30
Margazhi 15 Shukla Pratipada Purva Ashadha
31
Margazhi 16 Shukla Dwitiya Uttara Ashadha
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 12 Dec Monday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 27, Krittika |
| 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.