The Assamese Panjika (Bhaskarabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Assamese solar month and the Bhaskarabda year.
Assamese Panjika 1999 opens in December during Bhaskarabda 1406 of the Hindu calendar.
December 1999
Bhaskarabda 1406
Aghun – Puh
Festivals & Vrats in December 1999
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Utpanna Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 5:46 PM, Dec 2 – 7:09 PM, Dec 3
Marks the appearance of Goddess Ekadashi from Vishnu — the origin of Ekadashi observance.
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Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:58 PM, Dec 4 – 11:04 PM, Dec 5
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 11:06 PM, Dec 5 – 1:26 AM, Dec 7
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:28 AM, Dec 7 – 3:58 AM, Dec 8
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 1:28 AM, Dec 7 – 3:58 AM, Dec 8
The Darsha (Amavasya) day for offering tarpan and shradh to the ancestors, kept when the new moon prevails in the afternoon (aparahna).
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 1:28 AM, Dec 7 – 3:58 AM, Dec 8
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the new moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 4:01 AM, Dec 8 – 6:38 AM, Dec 9
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Vinayaka Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 11:59 AM, Dec 11 – 2:15 PM, Dec 12
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 6:23 PM, Dec 15 – 6:16 PM, Dec 16
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Gita Jayanti / Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 3:43 PM, Dec 18 – 1:08 PM, Dec 19
The day the Bhagavad Gita was revealed to Arjuna, observed with the Mokshada Ekadashi fast.
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:05 AM, Dec 20 – 6:36 AM, Dec 21
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Margashirsha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 2:51 AM, Dec 22 – 11:01 PM, Dec 22
The full moon of Margashirsha — kept with Dattatreya worship, observed with holy bathing, Satyanarayan Puja and charity.
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Margashirsha Purnima Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:51 AM, Dec 22 – 11:01 PM, Dec 22
The full-moon fast, kept with a day-long vrat, a vigil, Satyanarayan Puja and charity, culminating in the worship of the rising full moon.
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Anvadhan Vrat
Tithi 2:51 AM, Dec 22 – 11:01 PM, Dec 22
The preparatory rite of the Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna, when the sacred fire is kindled the day before the Ishti, observed by Vaishnavas on the full moon.
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Ishti Vrat
Tithi 11:00 PM, Dec 22 – 7:14 PM, Dec 23
The Darsha-Purnamasa Yajna performed the morning after Anvadhan, with oblations to Lord Vishnu and the deities.
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Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
Tithi 12:32 PM, Dec 25 – 10:18 AM, Dec 26
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 7:01 AM, Dec 29 – 7:57 AM, Dec 30
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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About the Assamese Panjika
The Assamese Panjika (Bhaskarabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Assamese solar month and the Bhaskarabda year.
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