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December 2027

Margashirsha 14 Nov–13 Dec · Pausha 13 Dec–12 Jan

Computed for New Delhi. Every date is derived from the tithi it belongs to, and where the tithi left a choice to make, the convention that settled it is printed alongside.

14 Sunday Full pañcāṅga →

Margashirsha Maas 14 Nov – 13 Dec (30 days)

The lunar month associated with Kaal Bhairav's origin and considered auspicious in the Bhagavad Gita.

Purnima, Shukla Pakṣa
13 Nov, 9:55 AM → 14 Nov, 8:55 AM

3 Friday Full pañcāṅga →

Panchami Fri, 3 Dec

The fifth lunar day, associated with various deity-specific observances such as Naag Panchami.

Panchami, Shukla Pakṣa
2 Dec, 1:44 PM → 3 Dec, 4:13 PM

5 Sunday Full pañcāṅga →

The seventh lunar day dedicated to worship of one's family or lineage goddess.

Saptami, Shukla Pakṣa
4 Dec, 6:56 PM → 5 Dec, 9:37 PM

9 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →

Ekadashi Thu, 9 Dec

The eleventh lunar day of each fortnight, observed as a fasting vow dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

Ekadashi, Shukla Pakṣa
9 Dec, 2:59 AM → 10 Dec, 3:20 AM
Pāraṇa
10 Dec, 1:15 PM – 3:20 PM Hari Vasara runs past the morning, and madhyahna is avoided, so the fast is broken in the afternoon.

13 Monday Full pañcāṅga →

The appearance day of Lord Dattatreya, on the full moon of Margashirsha.

Purnima, Shukla Pakṣa
12 Dec, 11:55 PM → 13 Dec, 9:38 PM
Poornima Mon, 13 Dec Guide →

The full moon day, considered auspicious across traditions for worship and fasting.

Purnima, Shukla Pakṣa
12 Dec, 11:55 PM → 13 Dec, 9:38 PM

15 Wednesday Full pañcāṅga →

Dooj Wed, 15 Dec

The second lunar day of either fortnight — a potent day, alongside Amavasya, for remedies against sorcery.

Dwitiya, Krishna Pakṣa
14 Dec, 7:01 PM → 15 Dec, 4:13 PM

16 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →

Sankranti Thu, 16 Dec

The day the sun transitions between zodiac signs, most notably Makar Sankranti.

Dhanu
16 Dec, 4:38 PM → 15 Jan, 3:24 AM

18 Saturday Full pañcāṅga →

Panchami Sat, 18 Dec

The fifth lunar day, associated with various deity-specific observances such as Naag Panchami.

Panchami, Krishna Pakṣa
17 Dec, 10:34 AM → 18 Dec, 7:58 AM

19 Sunday Full pañcāṅga →

Kuldevi Saptami Sun, 19 Dec

The seventh lunar day dedicated to worship of one's family or lineage goddess.

Saptami, Krishna Pakṣa
19 Dec, 5:36 AM → 20 Dec, 3:34 AM

23 Thursday Full pañcāṅga →

Ekadashi Thu, 23 Dec

The eleventh lunar day of each fortnight, observed as a fasting vow dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

Ekadashi, Krishna Pakṣa
22 Dec, 11:41 PM → 23 Dec, 11:12 PM
Pāraṇa
24 Dec, 7:10 AM – 9:14 AM

26 Sunday Full pañcāṅga →

Tara Chaturdashi Sun, 26 Dec

The fourteenth lunar day dedicated to the Mahavidya Tara.

Chaturdashi, Krishna Pakṣa
25 Dec, 11:32 PM → 27 Dec, 12:23 AM

27 Monday Full pañcāṅga →

Amavasya Mon, 27 Dec Guide →

The new moon day, associated with ancestor worship and certain Tantric practices.

Amavasya, Krishna Pakṣa
27 Dec, 12:23 AM → 28 Dec, 1:42 AM
Somvati Amavasya Mon, 27 Dec

A new moon day falling on a Monday, especially significant for Shiva worship.

Amavasya, Krishna Pakṣa
27 Dec, 12:23 AM → 28 Dec, 1:42 AM

29 Wednesday Full pañcāṅga →

Dooj Wed, 29 Dec

The second lunar day of either fortnight — a potent day, alongside Amavasya, for remedies against sorcery.

Dwitiya, Shukla Pakṣa
29 Dec, 3:28 AM → 30 Dec, 5:40 AM

Two sites can print different dates for the same festival and both be honest about it, because a pañcāṅga depends on choices that are rarely stated. Ours are stated here and do not change silently.

  • dṛk gaṇita (observation-based), not vākya — positions are taken from the Swiss Ephemeris rather than from the medieval tables, which is what the mainstream Indian published pañcāṅgas do.
  • Lahiri (Citrāpakṣa) ayanāṁśa, the Indian civil standard. It does not affect tithi, nakṣatra, yoga or karaṇa at all — those depend only on the angle between the sun and the moon — but it does place the sidereal rāśi, and so it is stated.
  • Sunrise decides the day. The tithi of a date is the one running at that place's sunrise, not at midnight, and not the one that occupies most of the day.
  • Months are pūrṇimānta — each runs full moon to full moon, the northern reckoning. It only affects the kṛṣṇa pakṣa, and it is the difference between calling one night “Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī” and “Māgha Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī”: Mahāśivarātri either way, named differently north and south.
  • Rise and set follow the standard convention — upper limb, with refraction. Where no place has been chosen, New Delhi is used.
  • ∆T is applied. The ephemeris integrates in Terrestrial Time while clocks run on Universal Time, and the two differ by about 69 seconds this decade. Applying it is why our times can sit a minute later than almanacs that do not.

Nothing here is scraped from another calendar site, and nothing is generated by a language model: a date is arithmetic on the positions of the sun and the moon, with one right answer, and it is computed.