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December 2006
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1Shukla Dwadashi from 21:41Dwadashi2Shukla Trayodashi from 19:02Trayodashi3Shukla Chaturdashi from 16:20Chaturdashi4Shukla Purnima from 13:45Purnima5Krishna Pratipada from 11:24Pratipada6Krishna Dwitiya from 09:28Dwitiya7Krishna Tritiya from 08:05Tritiya8Krishna Chaturthi from 07:23Chaturthi9Krishna Panchami from 07:28Panchami10Krishna Shashthi from 08:21Shashthi11Krishna Saptami from 09:59Saptami12Krishna Ashtami from 12:14Ashtami13Krishna Navami from 14:52Navami14Krishna Dashami from 17:36Dashami15Krishna Ekadashi from 20:10Ekadashi16Krishna Dwadashi from 22:20Dwadashi17Krishna Trayodashi from 23:56Trayodashi18Krishna Chaturdashi from 00:54Chaturdashi19Krishna Amavasya from 01:14Amavasya20Shukla Pratipada from 01:00Pratipada21Shukla Dwitiya from 00:17Dwitiya22Shukla Tritiya from 23:11Tritiya23Shukla Chaturthi from 21:48Chaturthi24Shukla Panchami from 20:13Panchami25Shukla Shashthi from 18:29Shashthi26Shukla Saptami from 16:39Saptami27Shukla Ashtami from 14:46Ashtami28Shukla Navami from 12:48Navami29Shukla Dashami from 10:49Dashami30Shukla Ekadashi from 08:49Ekadashi31Shukla Dwadashi from 06:51Dwadashi
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in December 2006
- Mokshada EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 30 Nov · Shukla Ekadashi: 1 Dec, 00:13 GMT+11 → 1 Dec, 21:41 GMT+11
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 2 Dec, 19:02 GMT+11 → 3 Dec, 16:20 GMT+11
- Margashirsha PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 4 Dec · Purnima: 4 Dec, 13:45 GMT+11 → 5 Dec, 11:24 GMT+11
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 8 Dec, 07:23 GMT+11 → 9 Dec, 07:28 GMT+11
- Saphala EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 15 Dec · Krishna Ekadashi: 15 Dec, 20:10 GMT+11 → 16 Dec, 22:20 GMT+11
- Dhanu SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Dhanu.Sun enters 16 Dec, 12:53 GMT+11
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 17 Dec · Krishna Trayodashi: 17 Dec, 23:56 GMT+11 → 19 Dec, 00:54 GMT+11
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Tithi begins 18 Dec · Krishna Chaturdashi: 19 Dec, 00:54 GMT+11 → 20 Dec, 01:14 GMT+11
- Pausha AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 19 Dec · Amavasya: 20 Dec, 01:14 GMT+11 → 21 Dec, 01:01 GMT+11
- ChristmasOther faithsThe birth of Jesus Christ.
- Guru Gobind Singh JayantiOther faithsThe birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.Tithi begins 26 Dec · Shukla Saptami: 26 Dec, 16:39 GMT+11 → 27 Dec, 14:46 GMT+11
- Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)Other faithsExpectedThe festival of sacrifice.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
- Pausha Putrada EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 30 Dec · Shukla Ekadashi: 30 Dec, 08:49 GMT+11 → 31 Dec, 06:51 GMT+11