Month calendar

December 2026 Hindu Calendar

Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in December 2026. It explains the likely lunar-month overlap, observance windows, and Panchang checks to verify before you choose a civil date.

Month context

December often overlaps Margashirsha and Pausha

Margashirsha and Pausha bring Gita Jayanti, Dhanurmasa traditions, and quieter winter vrata planning.

Hindu monthsMargashirsha and Pausha

Planning focus

Use this month for steady Panchang habit-building: Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and local sunrise changes.

Daily Panchang table

December 2026 tithi, nakshatra, and sunrise

This crawlable month table uses Mumbai as the reference Panchang location. It gives a daily snapshot for answer engines and readers before they confirm location-specific timings on a city page.

Month startsKrishna Ashtami

Margashirsha 2083

Month endsKrishna Ashtami

Pausha 2083

Flagged dates12

Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks

Daily Panchang table for December 2026 in Mumbai
Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Yoga	Sunrise	Note
1 Dec 2026Tuesday	Krishna AshtamiMargashirsha 2083	Magha	Vaidhriti	06:55	Ashtami
2 Dec 2026Wednesday	Krishna NavamiMargashirsha 2083	Purva Phalguni	Vishkambha	06:56	Navami
3 Dec 2026Thursday	Krishna DashamiMargashirsha 2083	Uttara Phalguni	Priti	06:56	Daily Panchang check
4 Dec 2026Friday	Krishna EkadashiMargashirsha 2083	Hasta	Ayushman	06:57	Ekadashi vrata check
5 Dec 2026Saturday	Krishna DwadashiMargashirsha 2083	Chitra	Saubhagya	06:58	Daily Panchang check
6 Dec 2026Sunday	Krishna TrayodashiMargashirsha 2083	Swati	Shobhana	06:58	Pradosha check
7 Dec 2026Monday	Krishna ChaturdashiMargashirsha 2083	Vishakha	Atiganda	06:59	Daily Panchang check
8 Dec 2026Tuesday	Krishna AmavasyaMargashirsha 2083	Anuradha	Sukarma	06:59	Amavasya
9 Dec 2026Wednesday	Shukla PratipadaKartik 2083	Jyeshtha	Dhriti	07:00	Daily Panchang check
10 Dec 2026Thursday	Shukla PratipadaKartik 2083	Mula	Shula	07:00	Daily Panchang check
11 Dec 2026Friday	Shukla DwitiyaKartik 2083	Purva Ashadha	Ganda	07:01	Daily Panchang check
12 Dec 2026Saturday	Shukla TritiyaKartik 2083	Uttara Ashadha	Vriddhi	07:02	Daily Panchang check
13 Dec 2026Sunday	Shukla ChaturthiKartik 2083	Shravana	Dhruva	07:02	Chaturthi
14 Dec 2026Monday	Shukla PanchamiKartik 2083	Shravana	Vyaghata	07:03	Daily Panchang check
15 Dec 2026Tuesday	Shukla ShashthiKartik 2083	Dhanishta	Harshana	07:03	Daily Panchang check
16 Dec 2026Wednesday	Shukla SaptamiMargashirsha 2083	Shatabhisha	Vajra	07:04	Daily Panchang check
17 Dec 2026Thursday	Shukla AshtamiMargashirsha 2083	Purva Bhadrapada	Siddhi	07:04	Ashtami
18 Dec 2026Friday	Shukla NavamiMargashirsha 2083	Uttara Bhadrapada	Vyatipata	07:05	Navami
19 Dec 2026Saturday	Shukla DashamiMargashirsha 2083	Revati	Variyan	07:05	Daily Panchang check
20 Dec 2026Sunday	Shukla EkadashiMargashirsha 2083	Ashwini	Parigha	07:06	Ekadashi vrata check
21 Dec 2026Monday	Shukla DwadashiMargashirsha 2083	Bharani	Siddha	07:06	Daily Panchang check
22 Dec 2026Tuesday	Shukla TrayodashiMargashirsha 2083	Krittika	Sadhya	07:07	Pradosha check
23 Dec 2026Wednesday	Shukla ChaturdashiMargashirsha 2083	Rohini	Shubha	07:07	Daily Panchang check
24 Dec 2026Thursday	Krishna PratipadaPausha 2083	Ardra	Shukla	07:08	Daily Panchang check
25 Dec 2026Friday	Krishna DwitiyaPausha 2083	Punarvasu	Brahma	07:08	Daily Panchang check
26 Dec 2026Saturday	Krishna TritiyaPausha 2083	Pushya	Vaidhriti	07:09	Daily Panchang check
27 Dec 2026Sunday	Krishna ChaturthiPausha 2083	Ashlesha	Vishkambha	07:09	Chaturthi
28 Dec 2026Monday	Krishna PanchamiPausha 2083	Magha	Priti	07:10	Daily Panchang check
29 Dec 2026Tuesday	Krishna ShashthiPausha 2083	Purva Phalguni	Ayushman	07:10	Daily Panchang check
30 Dec 2026Wednesday	Krishna SaptamiPausha 2083	Uttara Phalguni	Saubhagya	07:10	Daily Panchang check
31 Dec 2026Thursday	Krishna AshtamiPausha 2083	Hasta	Shobhana	07:11	Ashtami

What to watch in December

These observances often appear around this civil month, but exact dates must be calculated for 2026. Lunar tithis can shift across sunrise, evening, moonrise, or night windows.

Likely windowGita Jayanti window

Likely windowMokshada Ekadashi window

Likely windowDhanurmasa window

How to use this month

Civil dates do not always line up neatly with Hindu lunar days. A tithi can begin or end during the civil day, so important observances depend on which tithi prevails at the rule-specific time such as sunrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita.

1.Open the interactive calendar and switch to December 2026.
2.Select candidate dates and compare tithi, paksha, nakshatra, sunrise, and sunset.
3.For festivals, confirm the rule moment: sunrise, madhyahna, pradosha, moonrise, or nishita.
4.Open the full Panchang for the chosen day before using it for a vrata, puja, travel, or ceremony.

Why the table still needs local verification

Hindu calendar dates are calculated from the Sun, Moon, and local day. A single civil month can contain parts of two Hindu lunar months, and a festival window may move into the previous or next civil month depending on the year.

Treat this Mumbai-based table as a readable reference for December 2026. Use it to understand the likely Hindu-calendar context, then rely on the city Panchang and festival pages when a vrata, puja, or ceremony depends on local sunrise, moonrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita timing.

Paksha and Hindu month pages

Zoom into the fortnight windows or the underlying Hindu lunar months for December 2026. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.

Shukla Paksha in December 2026 Krishna Paksha in December 2026 Margashirsha 2026 month Paush 2026 month

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