Tithi at sunrise in New Delhi

December 1940 Hindu Calendar

Margashirsha - Pausha 1997 (Purnimanta) Margashirsha - Pausha 1997 (Amanta)

Vikram Samvat 1997 · Shaka 1862 · New Delhi

SunरविMonसोमTueमंगलWedबुधThuगुरुFriशुक्रSatशनि
1S Dwit2S 3,43S Panc4S Shas5S Sapt6S Sapt7S Asht
8S Nava9S Dash10S Ekad11S Dwad12S Tray13S Chtr14Purn
15K Prat16K Dwit17K Trit18K Chat19K Panc20K Shas21K Sapt
22K Asht23K Nava24K Dash25K EkadChristmas26K 12,1327K Chtr28Amav
29S Prat30S Dwit31S Trit

S Shukla, K Krishna paksha Purnima Amavasya waxing, waning: the white part is the lit moon at sunrise8 gazetted holiday"7,8": one tithi skipped (kshaya)

Take a printout: A4 sheet of December 1940

December has 31 days and no national holiday. Christmas on 25 December is a gazetted holiday for Central Government offices and a bank holiday at every RBI regional office. Good Governance Day is observed on the same date. Gita Jayanti, on Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi, falls in November or December. Many schools in northern states close for winter vacation in late December or January.

December 1940 day by day · दैनिक पंचांग

Sun 1 Shukla Dwitiya upto 09:07 AM
Mula nakshatra
Mon 2 Shukla Tritiya upto 07:24 AM
Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Tue 3 Shukla Panchami upto 06:17 AM, Dec 4
Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
Wed 4 Shukla Shashthi upto 07:00 AM, Dec 5
Shravana nakshatra
Thu 5 Shukla Saptami upto 08:31 AM, Dec 6
Dhanishta nakshatra
Fri 6 Shukla Saptami upto 08:31 AM
Shatabhisha nakshatra
Sat 7 Shukla Ashtami upto 10:41 AM
Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
Sun 8 Shukla Navami upto 01:16 PM
Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
Mon 9 Shukla Dashami upto 04:02 PM
Revati nakshatra
Tue 10 Shukla Ekadashi upto 06:41 PM
Ashwini nakshatra
Mokshada Ekadashi
Wed 11 Shukla Dwadashi upto 09:02 PM
Bharani nakshatra
Thu 12 Shukla Trayodashi upto 10:56 PM
Bharani nakshatra
Guru Pradosh Vrat
Fri 13 Shukla Chaturdashi upto 12:19 AM, Dec 14
Krittika nakshatra
Sat 14 Purnima upto 01:09 AM, Dec 15
Rohini nakshatra
Margashirsha Purnima
Sun 15 Krishna Pratipada upto 01:30 AM, Dec 16
Mrigashira nakshatra
Dhanu Sankranti
Mon 16 Krishna Dwitiya upto 01:24 AM, Dec 17
Ardra nakshatra
Tue 17 Krishna Tritiya upto 12:55 AM, Dec 18
Punarvasu nakshatra
Wed 18 Krishna Chaturthi upto 12:08 AM, Dec 19
Pushya nakshatra
Thu 19 Krishna Panchami upto 11:03 PM
Ashlesha nakshatra
Fri 20 Krishna Shashthi upto 09:43 PM
Magha nakshatra
Sat 21 Krishna Saptami upto 08:09 PM
Purva Phalguni nakshatra
Sun 22 Krishna Ashtami upto 06:20 PM
Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
Mon 23 Krishna Navami upto 04:18 PM
Hasta nakshatra
Tue 24 Krishna Dashami upto 02:04 PM
Chitra nakshatra
Wed 25 Krishna Ekadashi upto 11:40 AM
Swati nakshatra
Christmas
Saphala Ekadashi
Thu 26 Krishna Dwadashi upto 09:11 AM
Anuradha nakshatra
Guru Pradosh Vrat
Fri 27 Krishna Chaturdashi upto 04:27 AM, Dec 28
Jyeshtha nakshatra
Sat 28 Amavasya upto 02:27 AM, Dec 29
Mula nakshatra
Pausha Amavasya
Sun 29 Shukla Pratipada upto 12:54 AM, Dec 30
Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Mon 30 Shukla Dwitiya upto 11:56 PM
Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
Tue 31 Shukla Tritiya upto 11:40 PM
Shravana nakshatra

Holidays in December 1940

The DoPT holiday list for 1940 is being updated.

Amanta or Purnimanta?

North India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab) counts a lunar month from full moon to full moon (Purnimanta). Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana count it from new moon to new moon (Amanta). The tithis and festival days are the same; only the month name of the Krishna paksha differs, which is why Diwali is in Kartika in one system and in Ashwin in the other.