The Assamese Panjika (Bhaskarabda). Each day shows its tithi, nakshatra and festivals, with the Assamese solar month and the Bhaskarabda year.
Assamese Panjika 2040 opens in December during Bhaskarabda 1447 of the Hindu calendar.
December 2040
Bhaskarabda 1447
Magh
Festivals & Vrats in December 2040
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:27 PM, Dec 1 – 5:15 PM, Dec 2
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Masik Shivaratri Vrat
Tithi 5:17 PM, Dec 2 – 3:25 PM, Dec 3
The monthly night of Shiva, observed with fasting and night-long worship.
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Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:30 PM, Dec 3 – 1:04 PM, Dec 4
The new-moon day for honouring ancestors (tarpan) and worship.
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Darsha Amavasya Vrat
Tithi 3:30 PM, Dec 3 – 1:04 PM, Dec 4
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 3:30 PM, Dec 3 – 1:04 PM, Dec 4
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 1:09 PM, Dec 4 – 10:20 AM, Dec 5
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 4:19 AM, Dec 7 – 1:17 AM, Dec 8
A monthly Ganesha vrat observed on the bright fourth tithi.
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Masik Durgashtami Vrat
Tithi 5:48 PM, Dec 10 – 4:10 PM, Dec 11
A monthly fast and worship of Goddess Durga on the bright eighth tithi.
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Gita Jayanti / Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 2:14 PM, Dec 13 – 2:09 PM, Dec 14
The day the Bhagavad Gita was revealed to Arjuna, observed with the Mokshada Ekadashi fast.
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Shani Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:21 PM, Dec 15 – 3:08 PM, Dec 16
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
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Margashirsha Purnima Vrat
Tithi 4:12 PM, Dec 17 – 5:43 PM, Dec 18
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 4:12 PM, Dec 17 – 5:43 PM, Dec 18
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 4:12 PM, Dec 17 – 5:43 PM, Dec 18
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 5:42 PM, Dec 18 – 7:34 PM, Dec 19
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 12:10 AM, Dec 22 – 2:42 AM, Dec 23
A Ganesha fast observed until the sight of the moon to remove obstacles.
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Kalashtami Vrat
Tithi 9:57 AM, Dec 26 – 11:12 AM, Dec 27
A monthly day to worship Kala Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva.
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Saphala Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 12:12 PM, Dec 29 – 11:03 AM, Dec 30
A fast that is believed to make all of one's endeavours fruitful.
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Som Pradosh Vrat Vrat
Tithi 9:22 AM, Dec 31 – 6:58 AM, Jan 1
A twilight (pradosh) fast to Lord Shiva, observed on the thirteenth tithi.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
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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