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Margashirsha – Pausha · Vikram Samvat 2077

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December 2020 · 31 days

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Hindu months in December 2020

Margashirsha 1 Dec – 30 Dec 2020 Begins · Tue 1 Dec

Pausha 31 Dec 2020 – 28 Jan 2021 Begins · Thu 31 Dec

December 2020 corresponds to Margashirsha – Pausha, Vikram Samvat 2077. 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 19), Mokshada Ekadashi (Dec 25), Gita Jayanti (Dec 25). Day quality across 31 days: 0 highly auspicious, 9 favourable, 16 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Dec 11, Dec 25. 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 Pratipada Margashirsha begins 2 Dwitiya 3 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 4 Chaturthi 5 Panchami 6 Shashthi 7 Saptami Kalabhairav Jayanti Kalashtami 8 Ashtami 9 Navami 10 Dashami 11 Ekadashi Utpanna Ekadashi 12 Trayodashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat 13 Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri 14 Amavasya Amavasya Somvati Amavasya 15 Pratipada Dhanu Sankranti 16 Dwitiya 17 Tritiya 18 Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi 19 Panchami Vivah Panchami 20 Shashthi Champa Shashthi 21 Saptami 22 Ashtami Masik Durgashtami 23 Navami 24 Dashami 25 Ekadashi Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi 26 Dwadashi 27 Trayodashi Shukla Pradosh Vrat 28 Chaturdashi 29 Chaturdashi Dattatreya Jayanti 30 Purnima Purnima Vrat 31 Pratipada Pausha begins

3 Thu Sankashti Chaturthi 7 Mon Kalabhairav Jayanti Kalashtami 11 Fri Utpanna Ekadashi 12 Sat Krishna Pradosh Vrat 13 Sun Masik Shivaratri 14 Mon Amavasya Somvati Amavasya 15 Tue Dhanu Sankranti 18 Fri Vinayaka Chaturthi 19 Sat Vivah Panchami 20 Sun Champa Shashthi 22 Tue Masik Durgashtami 25 Fri Gita Jayanti Mokshada Ekadashi 27 Sun Shukla Pradosh Vrat 29 Tue Dattatreya Jayanti 30 Wed Purnima Vrat

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