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December 1956 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseKārtika Kṛṣṇa to Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa

Datong · Kārtika and Mārgaśīrṣa, Vikrama 2013

December 1956

कार्तिक · मार्गशीर्ष

The tithi at each sunrise, how long it holds, and what is observed. A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, so a tithi can be skipped (kṣaya) or held over two sunrises (vṛddhi).

New Moon · Amāvasyā
Sun 2
Full Moon · Pūrṇimā
Mon 17
Dhanu saṅkrānti
Sat 15 · 14:03
2 tithis skipped (kṣaya)
Sun 16, Sun 23
2 tithis held twice (vṛddhi)
Tue 11, Mon 31
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1Sat

K14

Caturdaśī until 15:32

Viśākhā

2Sun

K15

Amāvasyā until 16:13

Anurādhā

3Mon

Ś1

Pratipadā until 17:21

Jyeṣṭhā

4Tue

Ś2

Dvitīyā until 18:57

Mūla

5Wed

Ś3

Tṛtīyā until 20:58

Pūrvāṣāḍhā

6Thu

Ś4

Caturthī until 23:19

Uttarāṣāḍhā

Vināyaka Caturthī

7Fri

Ś5

Pañcamī until 25:52

Śravaṇa

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

8Sat

Ś6

Ṣaṣṭhī until 28:25

Dhaniṣṭhā

Campā Ṣaṣṭhī+1

9Sun

Ś7

Saptamī until 30:48

Śatabhiṣā

Mitra Saptamī

10Mon

Ś8

Aṣṭamī past sunrise

Śatabhiṣā

11Tue

Ś8

Aṣṭamī vṛddhi · until 08:46

Pūrva Bhādrapadā

12Wed

Ś9

Navamī until 10:10

Uttara Bhādrapadā

13Thu

Ś10

Daśamī until 10:50

Revatī

14Fri

Ś11

Ekādaśī until 10:42

Aśvinī

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī+1

15Sat

Ś12

Dvādaśī until 09:47

Bharaṇī

Dhanu saṅkrānti, 14:03

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

16Sun

Ś13

Trayodaśī until 08:09

then Caturdaśī kṣaya

Kṛttikā

17Mon

Ś15

Pūrṇimā until 27:06

Rohiṇī

DattātreyotpattiDatta Jayanti

18Tue

K1

Pratipadā until 24:00

Mṛgaśirā

19Wed

K2

Dvitīyā until 20:43

Punarvasu

20Thu

K3

Tṛtīyā until 17:24

Puṣya

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

21Fri

K4

Caturthī until 14:15

Āśleṣā

22Sat

K5

Pañcamī until 11:22

Maghā

23Sun

K6

Ṣaṣṭhī until 08:54

then Saptamī kṣaya

Pūrva Phalgunī

24Mon

K8

Aṣṭamī until 29:32

Uttara Phalgunī

25Tue

K9

Navamī until 28:43

Hasta

26Wed

K10

Daśamī until 28:28

Citrā

27Thu

K11

Ekādaśī until 28:46

Svātī

Saphalā Ekādaśī

28Fri

K12

Dvādaśī until 29:32

Viśākhā

29Sat

K13

Trayodaśī until 30:45

Anurādhā

Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata

30Sun

K14

Caturdaśī past sunrise

Jyeṣṭhā

Śivarātri

31Mon

K14

Caturdaśī vṛddhi · until 08:20

Mūla

  • the Moon at sunrise
  • Cell tone: how much of the Moon is lit at sunrise, new to full
  • new Moon
  • full Moon
  • Name a ruled observance
  • ruled on a boundary
  • 27:31 the tithi holds until, on the day’s own clock
  • Thu 6
    Vināyaka Caturthī
  • Fri 7
    Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)
  • Sat 8
    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī
  • Sat 8
    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
  • Sun 9
    Mitra Saptamī
  • Tue 11
    Aṣṭamī is vṛddhi: it holds at a second sunrise
  • Fri 14
    Mokṣadā Ekādaśī
  • Fri 14
    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī
  • Sat 15
    Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata
  • Sat 15
    Dhanu saṅkrānti · the Sun enters Dhanu at 14:03
  • Sun 16
    Caturdaśī is kṣaya: it begins and ends between two sunrises
  • Mon 17
    Dattātreyotpatti · Datta Jayanti
  • Thu 20
    Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī
  • Sun 23
    Saptamī is kṣaya: it begins and ends between two sunrises
  • Thu 27
    Saphalā Ekādaśī
  • Sat 29
    Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata
  • Sun 30
    Śivarātri
  • Mon 31
    Caturdaśī is vṛddhi: it holds at a second sunrise
This month as JSON · ICS, every day by its tithi
Profile
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Place
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