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Margashirsha – Pausha · Vikram Samvat 2069

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December 2012 · 31 days

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Hindu months in December 2012

Margashirsha 29 Nov – 28 Dec 2012

Pausha 29 Dec 2012 – 27 Jan 2013 Begins · Sat 29 Dec

December 2012 corresponds to Margashirsha – Pausha, Vikram Samvat 2069. 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 17), Mokshada Ekadashi (Dec 23), Gita Jayanti (Dec 23). Day quality across 31 days: 0 highly auspicious, 8 favourable, 17 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Dec 9, Dec 23. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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17 observances in December

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

2 Sun Sankashti Chaturthi 6 Thu Kalabhairav Jayanti Kalashtami 9 Sun Utpanna Ekadashi 11 Tue Krishna Pradosh Vrat Masik Shivaratri 13 Thu Amavasya 15 Sat Dhanu Sankranti 16 Sun Vinayaka Chaturthi 17 Mon Vivah Panchami 18 Tue Champa Shashthi 20 Thu Masik Durgashtami 23 Sun Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi 25 Tue Shukla Pradosh Vrat 27 Thu Dattatreya Jayanti 28 Fri Purnima Vrat

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