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December 1985

Margashirsha – Pausha · Vikram Samvat 2042

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December 1985 · 31 days

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Hindu months in December 1985

Margashirsha 28 Nov – 27 Dec 1985

Pausha 28 Dec 1985 – 25 Jan 1986 Begins · Sat 28 Dec

December 1985 corresponds to Margashirsha – Pausha, Vikram Samvat 2042. Margashirsha is praised in the Gita as the holiest month: Vaikuntha Ekadashi opens heaven's gate, Gita Jayanti marks the scripture, and Dattatreya Jayanti falls on the full moon. Major observances: Vivah Panchami (Dec 16), Mokshada Ekadashi (Dec 22), Gita Jayanti (Dec 22). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 7 favourable, 17 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Dec 8, Dec 22. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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Vivah Panchami Gita Jayanti Dattatreya Jayanti

18 observances in December

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1 Chaturthi Sankashti Chaturthi 2 Panchami 3 Shashthi 4 Saptami 5 Ashtami Kalabhairav Jayanti Kalashtami 6 Navami 7 Dashami 8 Ekadashi Utpanna Ekadashi 9 Dwadashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat 10 Trayodashi Masik Shivaratri 11 Chaturdashi Amavasya 12 Pratipada 13 Dwitiya 14 Tritiya 15 Chaturthi Dhanu Sankranti Vinayaka Chaturthi 16 Panchami Vivah Panchami 17 Shashthi Champa Shashthi 18 Saptami 19 Ashtami Masik Durgashtami 20 Navami 21 Dashami 22 Ekadashi Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi 23 Dwadashi 24 Trayodashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 25 Trayodashi 26 Chaturdashi Dattatreya Jayanti 27 Purnima Purnima Vrat 28 Pratipada Pausha begins 29 Dwitiya 30 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 31 Chaturthi

1 Sun Sankashti Chaturthi 5 Thu Kalabhairav Jayanti Kalashtami 8 Sun Utpanna Ekadashi 9 Mon Krishna Pradosh Vrat 10 Tue Masik Shivaratri 11 Wed Amavasya 15 Sun Dhanu Sankranti Vinayaka Chaturthi 16 Mon Vivah Panchami 17 Tue Champa Shashthi 19 Thu Masik Durgashtami 22 Sun Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi 24 Tue Shukla Pradosh Vrat 26 Thu Dattatreya Jayanti 27 Fri Purnima Vrat 30 Mon Sankashti Chaturthi

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