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December 2029
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1Krishna Ekadashi from 09:09Ekadashi2Krishna Dwadashi from 06:22Dwadashi3Krishna Chaturdashi from 23:46Chaturdashi4Krishna Amavasya from 20:16Amavasya5Shukla Pratipada from 16:51Pratipada6Shukla Dwitiya from 13:41Dwitiya7Shukla Tritiya from 10:55Tritiya8Shukla Chaturthi from 08:41Chaturthi9Shukla Panchami from 07:08Panchami10Shukla Shashthi from 06:20Shashthi11Shukla Saptami from 06:21Saptami12Shukla Ashtami from 07:09Ashtami13Shukla Navami from 08:39Navami14Shukla Dashami from 10:43Dashami15Shukla Ekadashi from 13:10Ekadashi16Shukla Dwadashi from 15:48Dwadashi17Shukla Trayodashi from 18:25Trayodashi18Shukla Chaturdashi from 20:51Chaturdashi19Shukla Purnima from 23:00Purnima20Krishna Pratipada from 00:46Pratipada21Krishna Dwitiya from 02:06Dwitiya22Krishna Tritiya from 02:59Tritiya23Krishna Chaturthi from 03:25Chaturthi24Krishna Panchami from 03:24Panchami25Krishna Shashthi from 02:55Shashthi26Krishna Saptami from 01:59Saptami27Krishna Ashtami from 00:38Ashtami28Krishna Navami from 22:53Navami29Krishna Dashami from 20:46Dashami30Krishna Ekadashi from 18:21Ekadashi31Krishna Dwadashi from 15:42Dwadashi
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in December 2029
- Utpanna EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 1 Dec · Krishna Ekadashi: 1 Dec, 09:09 GMT+2 → 2 Dec, 06:22 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 2 Dec · Krishna Trayodashi: 3 Dec, 03:11 GMT+2 → 3 Dec, 23:46 GMT+2
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 3 Dec, 23:46 GMT+2 → 4 Dec, 20:16 GMT+2
- Partial solar eclipseEclipsesNot visible here, so no sutak applies.Not visible here
- Margashirsha AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 4 Dec · Amavasya: 4 Dec, 20:16 GMT+2 → 5 Dec, 16:52 GMT+2
- Mokshada EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 15 Dec · Shukla Ekadashi: 15 Dec, 13:10 GMT+2 → 16 Dec, 15:48 GMT+2
- Dhanu SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Dhanu.Sun enters 16 Dec, 01:19 GMT+2
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 17 Dec, 18:25 GMT+2 → 18 Dec, 20:51 GMT+2
- Margashirsha PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 19 Dec · Purnima: 19 Dec, 23:00 GMT+2 → 21 Dec, 00:46 GMT+2
- Total lunar eclipseEclipsesVisible here, 22:54 to 02:28 (peak 00:41). Sutak from 13:54: by tradition no cooking or eating until it ends, except for children, the elderly and the unwell.Eclipse 20 Dec, 22:54 GMT+2 → 21 Dec, 02:28 GMT+2 · sutak from 20 Dec, 13:54 GMT+2
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 23 Dec · Krishna Chaturthi: 24 Dec, 03:25 GMT+2 → 25 Dec, 03:24 GMT+2
- ChristmasOther faithsThe birth of Jesus Christ.
- Saphala EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 30 Dec · Krishna Ekadashi: 30 Dec, 18:21 GMT+2 → 31 Dec, 15:42 GMT+2