Dates of important upcoming festivals and fasting associated
with Hinduism in December 2020 – based on major Hindu calendars and Panchang
used in India. The festivals, Vrats and ritual days are based on Indian
Standard Time (IST).
Hindu Vrat – Fasting - Festivals December 2020
December 1 – Vivah Panchami
December 2 – Monthly Sashti Fasting
December 2 – Skanda Sashti North India – Champa
Shashti Maharashtra
December 3 – Mitra Surya Saptami
December 4 – Budh Ashtami – Monthly Durga Ashtami fasting
December 5 – Mahananda Navami – Kalpadi Navami
December 8 – Mokshada Ekadasi Vrat
December 8 – Geeta Jayanti
December 8 – Guruvayur Ekadashi
December 8 – Kaisika Ekadashi
December 9 – Matsya Dwadashi
December 9 – Som Pradosh Vrat
December 10 – Pishach Mochan shradh
December 10 – Karthigai Deepam
December 10 – Karthigai Vilakku in Kerala
December 10 – Hanuman Vratham in Karnataka
December 11 – Vaikhanasa Deepam in Tamil Culture
December 11 – Purnima Vrat
December 11 – Datta Jayanti
December 12 – Snan Daan Purnima
December 13 – Paush Month begins in North India
December 15 – Sankashti Chaturthi Vrat
December 16 – Kharmas begins
December 16 – Dhanu Sankranti
December 16 – Dhanu Masam begins in Malayalam Calendars
December 16 – Margazhi Masam begins in Tamil Calendars
December 17 – Paush month begins in Bengali Calendars
December 19 – Kalashtami
December 21 – Uttarayana Begins
December 22 – Saphala Ekadashi Vrat
December 23 – Som Pradosh Vrat
December 24 – Monthly Shivratri – Shiv Chaturdashi Vrat
December 25 – Shradh Amavasya
December 26 – Amavasya
December 26 – Surya Grahan in India (8:20 AM to 11:13 AM)
December 26 – Hanuman Jayanti in Tamil Culture
December 27 – Paush month begins in calendars followed in Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Goa.