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

Queens · 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
Sat 1, Mon 31
Full Moon · Pūrṇimā
Mon 17
Dhanu saṅkrānti
Fri 14 · 25:03
1 tithi skipped (kṣaya)
Wed 19
1 tithi held twice (vṛddhi)
Wed 5
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1Sat

K15

Amāvasyā until 27:13

Anurādhā

2Sun

Ś1

Pratipadā until 28:21

Jyeṣṭhā

3Mon

Ś2

Dvitīyā until 29:57

Mūla

4Tue

Ś3

Tṛtīyā past sunrise

Pūrvāṣāḍhā

5Wed

Ś3

Tṛtīyā vṛddhi · until 07:58

Pūrvāṣāḍhā

Vināyaka Caturthī

6Thu

Ś4

Caturthī until 10:19

Uttarāṣāḍhā

7Fri

Ś5

Pañcamī until 12:52

Śravaṇa

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

8Sat

Ś6

Ṣaṣṭhī until 15:25

Dhaniṣṭhā

Campā Ṣaṣṭhī+1

9Sun

Ś7

Saptamī until 17:48

Śatabhiṣā

Mitra Saptamī

10Mon

Ś8

Aṣṭamī until 19:46

Pūrva Bhādrapadā

11Tue

Ś9

Navamī until 21:10

Uttara Bhādrapadā

12Wed

Ś10

Daśamī until 21:50

Revatī

13Thu

Ś11

Ekādaśī until 21:42

Aśvinī

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

14Fri

Ś12

Dvādaśī until 20:47

Bharaṇī

Dhanu saṅkrānti, 25:03

Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī

15Sat

Ś13

Trayodaśī until 19:09

Kṛttikā

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

16Sun

Ś14

Caturdaśī until 16:52

Rohiṇī

DattātreyotpattiDatta Jayanti

17Mon

Ś15

Pūrṇimā until 14:06

Mṛgaśirā

18Tue

K1

Pratipadā until 11:00

Ārdrā

19Wed

K2

Dvitīyā until 07:43

then Tṛtīyā kṣaya

Punarvasu

20Thu

K4

Caturthī until 25:15

Puṣya

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

21Fri

K5

Pañcamī until 22:22

Āśleṣā

22Sat

K6

Ṣaṣṭhī until 19:54

Maghā

23Sun

K7

Saptamī until 17:56

Pūrva Phalgunī

24Mon

K8

Aṣṭamī until 16:32

Hasta

25Tue

K9

Navamī until 15:43

Citrā

26Wed

K10

Daśamī until 15:28

Svātī

27Thu

K11

Ekādaśī until 15:46

Viśākhā

Saphalā Ekādaśī

28Fri

K12

Dvādaśī until 16:32

Viśākhā

On a boundary: Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata

29Sat

K13

Trayodaśī until 17:45

Anurādhā

Śivarātri

30Sun

K14

Caturdaśī until 19:20

Jyeṣṭhā

31Mon

K15

Amāvasyā until 21:14

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
  • Wed 5
    Vināyaka Caturthī
  • Wed 5
    Tṛtīyā is vṛddhi: it holds at a second sunrise
  • Fri 7
    Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)
  • Sat 8
    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī
  • Sat 8
    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
  • Sun 9
    Mitra Saptamī
  • Thu 13
    Mokṣadā Ekādaśī
  • Fri 14
    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī
  • Fri 14
    Dhanu saṅkrānti · the Sun enters Dhanu at 25:03
  • Sat 15
    Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata
  • Sun 16
    Dattātreyotpatti · Datta Jayanti
  • Wed 19
    Tṛtīyā is kṣaya: it begins and ends between two sunrises
  • Thu 20
    Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī
  • Thu 27
    Saphalā Ekādaśī
  • Fri 28
    Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata · on a boundary
  • Sat 29
    Śivarātri
This month as JSON · ICS, every day by its tithi
Profile
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
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sunrise to sunrise, America/New_York
Engine · ruleset
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Place
40°41′ N 73°50′ W · GeoNames 5133273