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December 2020

Kartika · Vikram Samvat 2077 · Houston
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in December 2020

  1. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 3 Dec, 07:57 GMT-6 → 4 Dec, 08:34 GMT-6
  2. Utpanna EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 9 Dec · Krishna Ekadashi: 10 Dec, 01:21 GMT-6 → 10 Dec, 22:34 GMT-6
  3. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Krishna Trayodashi: 11 Dec, 19:32 GMT-6 → 12 Dec, 16:23 GMT-6
  4. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 12 Dec, 16:23 GMT-6 → 13 Dec, 13:14 GMT-6
  5. Total solar eclipseEclipses
    Not visible here, so no sutak applies.Not visible here
  6. Margashirsha AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 13 Dec · Amavasya: 13 Dec, 13:14 GMT-6 → 14 Dec, 10:17 GMT-6
  7. Dhanu SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Dhanu.Sun enters 15 Dec, 10:02 GMT-6
  8. ChristmasOther faiths
    The birth of Jesus Christ.
  9. Mokshada EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 24 Dec · Shukla Ekadashi: 24 Dec, 11:47 GMT-6 → 25 Dec, 14:24 GMT-6
  10. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 26 Dec, 16:48 GMT-6 → 27 Dec, 18:50 GMT-6
  11. Margashirsha PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 28 Dec · Purnima: 28 Dec, 20:24 GMT-6 → 29 Dec, 21:28 GMT-6