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December 1997
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1Shukla Tritiya from 03:40Tritiya2Shukla Chaturthi from 02:49Chaturthi3Shukla Panchami from 01:42Panchami4Shukla Shashthi from 00:21Shashthi5Shukla Saptami from 22:48Saptami6Shukla Ashtami from 21:04Ashtami7Shukla Navami from 19:11Navami8Shukla Dashami from 17:08Dashami9Shukla Ekadashi from 14:57Ekadashi10Shukla Dwadashi from 12:41Dwadashi11Shukla Trayodashi from 10:24Trayodashi12Shukla Chaturdashi from 08:13Chaturdashi13Shukla Purnima from 06:15Purnima14Krishna Dwitiya from 03:27Dwitiya15Krishna Tritiya from 02:54Tritiya16Krishna Chaturthi from 03:03Chaturthi17Krishna Panchami from 03:57Panchami18Krishna Panchami (continues)Panchami19Krishna Shashthi from 05:33Shashthi20Krishna Saptami from 07:45Saptami21Krishna Ashtami from 10:21Ashtami22Krishna Navami from 13:04Navami23Krishna Dashami from 15:38Dashami24Krishna Ekadashi from 17:48Ekadashi25Krishna Dwadashi from 19:23Dwadashi26Krishna Trayodashi from 20:16Trayodashi27Krishna Chaturdashi from 20:27Chaturdashi28Krishna Amavasya from 19:58Amavasya29Shukla Pratipada from 18:56Pratipada30Shukla Dwitiya from 17:27Dwitiya31Shukla Tritiya from 15:40Tritiya
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in December 1997
- Mokshada EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 9 Dec · Shukla Ekadashi: 9 Dec, 14:57 GMT+2 → 10 Dec, 12:41 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 11 Dec, 10:24 GMT+2 → 12 Dec, 08:13 GMT+2
- Margashirsha PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Purnima: 13 Dec, 06:15 GMT+2 → 14 Dec, 04:37 GMT+2
- Dhanu SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Dhanu.Sun enters 15 Dec, 20:33 GMT+2
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 16 Dec · Krishna Chaturthi: 17 Dec, 03:03 GMT+2 → 18 Dec, 03:57 GMT+2
- ChristmasOther faithsThe birth of Jesus Christ.
- Saphala EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 24 Dec · Krishna Ekadashi: 24 Dec, 17:48 GMT+2 → 25 Dec, 19:23 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 26 Dec · Krishna Trayodashi: 26 Dec, 20:16 GMT+2 → 27 Dec, 20:27 GMT+2
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 27 Dec, 20:27 GMT+2 → 28 Dec, 19:58 GMT+2
- Pausha AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 28 Dec · Amavasya: 28 Dec, 19:58 GMT+2 → 29 Dec, 18:57 GMT+2