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16 December 2021 Tithi – Panchang – Hindu Calendar – Good Time – Nakshatra – Rashi

Tithi in Panchang – Hindu Calendar on Thursday, 16 December 2021 – It is Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in most regions. It is Shukla Paksha Dwadashi tithi or the twelfth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 2:55 AM on December 16. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 4:43 AM on December 17. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India. All time based on India Standard Time. 

Good – Auspicious time on December 16, 2021 as per Hindu Calendar – There is no good and auspicious time on the entire day. 

Nakshatra – Bharani nakshatra till 8:42 AM on December 16. Then onward it is Krithigai or Karthigai or Karthika nakshatra till 11:03 AM on December 17. (Time applicable in north, south and eastern parts of India). 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, north Karnataka and south Rajasthan), Bharani nakshatra till 7:35 AM on December 16. Then onward it is Krithigai or Karthigai or Karthika nakshatra till 10:41 AM on December 17. 

Rashi or Moon Sign – Mesha Rashi till 3:17 PM on December 16. Then onward it is Vrishabha Rashi till 2:56 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), Mesha Rashi till 2:21 PM on December 16. Then onward it is Vrishabha Rashi till 3:22 AM on December 19.  

Festivals, Vrat and Auspicious days – Pradosh Vrat - Dhanur Masam begins - Kharmas begins in North India - Margazhi month begins - Hanumanth Vratha In Karnataka

Kali Yuga Year – 5123 

Vikram Samvat 2078 – Margashirsh Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month in Hindu calendar in North India - Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir. 

Plava Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1943 – Margashirsh Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 

Plava Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1943 – Margashirsh Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month in Maharashtra and Goa. (It is Shukla Paksha Dwadashi tithi or the twelfth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 2:02 AM on December 16. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 4:41 AM on December 17.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

Vikram Samvat 2078 – Margashirsh Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh in Gujarat. (It is Shukla Paksha Dwadashi tithi or the twelfth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 2:02 AM on December 16. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi or the thirteenth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 4:41 AM on December 17.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

1st day of Margazhi Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu. (Plava Nama Year)
1st day of Dhanu Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala. (Kolla Varsham 1197)
29th day of Agrahan Month in Calendars followed in Assam and Bengal. (Bengali Year 1428) 

Bad Period on December 16, 2021
Rahukalam – 1:43 PM to 3:03 PM
Yamagandam – 7:02 AM to 8:22 AM
Gulikai – 9:42 AM to 11:02 AM
Durmuhurtham – 10:36 AM to 11:18 AM
Durmuhurtham – 2:52 PM to 3:35 PM
Varjyam – 9:08 PM to 10:56 PM 

Panchak (bad) – not present 

Good Period on December 16, 2021
Abhijit Muhurta – 12:01 PM to 12:44 PM
Amrita Kalam – 2:12 AM to 4:00 AM
Sarvartha Siddhi Yog – not present
Amrita Siddhi Yog – not present
Dwipushkar Yog – not present
Tripushkar Yog – not present
Ravi Yog – from sunrise on Dec 15 to 8:42 AM on Dec 16 

Yog – Shiva (good) till 7:17 AM on December 16. Then onward it is Siddha (good) till 8:14 AM on December 17. 

Karana – Balava (good) till 2:02 AM on December 16. Then onward it is Kaulava (good) till 3:20 PM on December 16. Then onward it is Taitila (good) till 4:41 AM on December 17. 

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