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Festivals, vrats and holidays
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December 2040
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1Krishna Trayodashi from 15:50Trayodashi2Krishna Chaturdashi from 14:40Chaturdashi3Krishna Amavasya from 12:52Amavasya4Shukla Pratipada from 10:32Pratipada5Shukla Dwitiya from 07:49Dwitiya6Shukla Chaturthi from 01:49Chaturthi7Shukla Panchami from 22:49Panchami8Shukla Shashthi from 20:01Shashthi9Shukla Saptami from 17:30Saptami10Shukla Ashtami from 15:23Ashtami11Shukla Navami from 13:43Navami12Shukla Dashami from 12:32Dashami13Shukla Ekadashi from 11:51Ekadashi14Shukla Dwadashi from 11:40Dwadashi15Shukla Trayodashi from 11:56Trayodashi+116Shukla Chaturdashi from 12:39Chaturdashi17Shukla Purnima from 13:45Purnima18Krishna Pratipada from 15:15Pratipada19Krishna Dwitiya from 17:06Dwitiya20Krishna Tritiya from 19:15Tritiya21Krishna Chaturthi from 21:40Chaturthi22Krishna Panchami from 00:13Panchami23Krishna Shashthi from 02:47Shashthi24Krishna Saptami from 05:11Saptami25Krishna Saptami (continues)Saptami26Krishna Ashtami from 07:13Ashtami27Krishna Navami from 08:41Navami28Krishna Dashami from 09:27Dashami29Krishna Ekadashi from 09:25Ekadashi30Krishna Dwadashi from 08:32Dwadashi31Krishna Trayodashi from 06:51Trayodashi
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in December 2040
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Krishna Trayodashi: 1 Dec, 15:50 GMT+3 → 2 Dec, 14:40 GMT+3
- Masik ShivaratriVratsThe monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 2 Dec, 14:40 GMT+3 → 3 Dec, 12:52 GMT+3
- Margashirsha AmavasyaVratsThe new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 3 Dec · Amavasya: 3 Dec, 12:52 GMT+3 → 4 Dec, 10:33 GMT+3
- Mokshada EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 13 Dec · Shukla Ekadashi: 13 Dec, 11:51 GMT+3 → 14 Dec, 11:40 GMT+3
- Eid al-Adha (Bakrid)Other faithsExpectedThe festival of sacrifice.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 15 Dec, 11:56 GMT+3 → 16 Dec, 12:39 GMT+3
- Dhanu SankrantiVratsThe Sun enters Dhanu.Sun enters 15 Dec, 22:03 GMT+3
- Margashirsha PurnimaVratsThe full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 17 Dec · Purnima: 17 Dec, 13:45 GMT+3 → 18 Dec, 15:15 GMT+3
- Sankashti ChaturthiVratsA fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 21 Dec · Krishna Chaturthi: 21 Dec, 21:40 GMT+3 → 23 Dec, 00:13 GMT+3
- ChristmasOther faithsThe birth of Jesus Christ.
- Saphala EkadashiVratsA fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 29 Dec · Krishna Ekadashi: 29 Dec, 09:25 GMT+3 → 30 Dec, 08:32 GMT+3
- Pradosh VratVratsShiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Krishna Trayodashi: 31 Dec, 06:51 GMT+3 → 1 Jan, 04:28 GMT+3