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18 December 2020 Tithi - Panchang - Hindu Calendar - Good Time - Nakshatra – Rashi

Tithi in Panchang – Hindu Calendar on Friday, 18 December 2020 – Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in most regions. It is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 5:17 PM on December 18. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Panchami Tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 5:11 PM on December 19. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India. All time based on India Standard Time. 

Good – Auspicious time on December 18, 2020 as per Hindu Calendar – Good and auspicious time after 2:22 PM. 

Nakshatra – Shravan or Thiruvonam Nakshatra till 10:11 PM on December 18. Then onward it is Dhanishta or Sravishta or Avittam Nakshatra till 10:47 PM on December 19. (Time applicable in north, south and eastern parts of India.) 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, north Karnataka and south Rajasthan), Shravan or Thiruvonam Nakshatra till 7:04 PM on December 18. Then onward it is Dhanishta or Sravishta or Avittam Nakshatra till 7:40 PM on December 19. 

Rashi or Moon Sign – Dhanu Rashi till 4:20 AM on December 17. Then onward it is Makar Rashi till 10:39 AM on December 19. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India.) 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and south Rajasthan), Dhanu Rashi till 1:48 AM on December 17. Then onward it is Makar Rashi till 7:17 AM on December 19. 

Festivals, Vrat and Auspicious days – 

Kali Yuga Year – 5122 

Vikram Samvat 2077 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month in North India - Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir. 

Sharvari Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1942 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsha month in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 

Sharvari Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1942 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsha month in Maharashtra and Goa. (It is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 2:23 PM on December 18. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Panchami Tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 2:15 PM on December 19.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

Vikram Samvat 2077 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsha month in Gujarat. (It is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi Tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 2:23 PM on December 18. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Panchami Tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 2:15 PM on December 19.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

3rd day of Margazhi Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu. (Sharvari Nama Year)
3rd day of Dhanu Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala. (Kolla Varsham 1196)
2nd day of Paush Month in Calendars followed in Assam and Bengal. (Bengali Year 1427) 

Bad Period on December 18, 2020
Yamagandam – 3:04 PM to 4:24 PM
Gulikai – 8:23 AM to 9:43 AM
Durmuhurtham – 9:11 AM to 9:54 AM
Durmuhurtham – 12:45 PM to 1:28 PM
Varjyam – 11:12 PM on Dec 17 to 12:47 AM on Dec 18
Varjyam – 11:10 PM on Dec 18 to 12:49 AM on Dec 19 
Rahukalam – 11:03 AM to 12:24 PM

Panchak (bad) – not present 

Good Time on December 18, 2020
Abhijit Muhurta – 12:02 PM to 12:45 PM
Amrita Kalam – 8:44 AM to 10:20 AM
Sarvartha Siddhi Yog – sunrise to 10:12 PM
Amrita Siddhi Yog – not present
Dwipushkar Yog – not present
Tripushkar Yog – not present 

Yog – Vyaghata (bad) till 2:07 PM on December 18. Then onward it is Harshana (good) till 12:47 PM on December 19. 

Karana – Vanija (good) till 2:45 AM on Dec 18. Then onward it is Vishti or Bhadra (bad) till 2:23 PM on Dec 18. Then onward it is Bava (good) till 2:13 AM on Dec 19. 

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