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Margashirsha – Pausha · Vikram Samvat 2075

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December 2018 · 31 days

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Hindu months in December 2018

Margashirsha 24 Nov – 22 Dec 2018

Pausha 23 Dec 2018 – 21 Jan 2019 Begins · Sun 23 Dec

December 2018 corresponds to Margashirsha – Pausha, Vikram Samvat 2075. 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 12), Mokshada Ekadashi (Dec 18), Gita Jayanti (Dec 18). Day quality across 31 days: 3 highly auspicious, 3 favourable, 16 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Dec 3, Dec 19. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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Vivah Panchami Gita Jayanti Dattatreya Jayanti

16 observances in December

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

3 Mon Utpanna Ekadashi 4 Tue Krishna Pradosh Vrat 5 Wed Masik Shivaratri 6 Thu Amavasya 11 Tue Vinayaka Chaturthi 12 Wed Vivah Panchami 13 Thu Champa Shashthi 15 Sat Masik Durgashtami 16 Sun Dhanu Sankranti 18 Tue Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi 20 Thu Shukla Pradosh Vrat 22 Sat Dattatreya Jayanti Purnima Vrat 25 Tue Sankashti Chaturthi 29 Sat Kalashtami

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