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December 2015

Margashirsha – Pausha · Vikram Samvat 2072

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December 2015 · 31 days

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Hindu months in December 2015

Margashirsha 26 Nov – 25 Dec 2015

Pausha 26 Dec 2015 – 24 Jan 2016 Begins · Sat 26 Dec

December 2015 corresponds to Margashirsha – Pausha, Vikram Samvat 2072. 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 21), Gita Jayanti (Dec 21). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 4 favourable, 17 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Dec 7, Dec 21. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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Vivah Panchami Gita Jayanti Dattatreya Jayanti

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

3 Thu Kalabhairav Jayanti Kalashtami 7 Mon Utpanna Ekadashi 8 Tue Krishna Pradosh Vrat 9 Wed Masik Shivaratri 11 Fri Amavasya 15 Tue Vinayaka Chaturthi 16 Wed Vivah Panchami Dhanu Sankranti 17 Thu Champa Shashthi 19 Sat Masik Durgashtami 21 Mon Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi 23 Wed Shukla Pradosh Vrat 24 Thu Dattatreya Jayanti 25 Fri Purnima Vrat 28 Mon Sankashti Chaturthi

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