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Hindu calendar · Johannesburg

Festivals, vrats and holidays

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December 2026

Margashirsha · Vikram Samvat 2083 · Johannesburg
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in December 2026

  1. Utpanna EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 3 Dec · Krishna Ekadashi: 3 Dec, 19:33 GMT+2 → 4 Dec, 20:15 GMT+2
  2. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 5 Dec · Krishna Trayodashi: 5 Dec, 21:22 GMT+2 → 6 Dec, 22:52 GMT+2
  3. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Krishna Chaturdashi: 6 Dec, 22:52 GMT+2 → 8 Dec, 00:42 GMT+2
  4. Margashirsha AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 7 Dec · Amavasya: 8 Dec, 00:42 GMT+2 → 9 Dec, 02:52 GMT+2
  5. Dhanu SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Dhanu.Sun enters 16 Dec, 06:54 GMT+2
  6. Mokshada EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 19 Dec · Shukla Ekadashi: 19 Dec, 18:39 GMT+2 → 20 Dec, 16:44 GMT+2
  7. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 21 Dec, 14:06 GMT+2 → 22 Dec, 10:54 GMT+2
  8. Margashirsha PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Purnima: 23 Dec, 07:17 GMT+2 → 24 Dec, 03:28 GMT+2
  9. ChristmasOther faiths
    The birth of Jesus Christ.
  10. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Krishna Chaturthi: 26 Dec, 16:35 GMT+2 → 27 Dec, 13:43 GMT+2