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17 December 2023 Tithi – Panchang – Hindu Calendar – Good Time – Nakshatra – Rashi

Tithi in Panchang – Hindu Calendar on Sunday, 17 December 2023 – It is Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in most regions. It is Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 8:40 PM on December 17. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 6:21 PM on December 18. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India. All time based on India Standard Time.) 

Good – Auspicious time on December 17, 2023 as per Hindu Calendar – Good and auspicious time on the entire day. 

Nakshatra – Shravan or Sravana or Thiruvonam nakshatra till 7:52 AM on December 17. Then onward it is Dhanishta or Avittam nakshatra till 6:15 AM on December 18. (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 Sravana or Thiruvonam nakshatra till 4:37 AM on December 17. Then onward it is Dhanishta or Avittam nakshatra till 2:54 AM on December 18. 

Rashi or Moon Sign – Makar Rashi till 7:03 PM on December 17. Then onward it is Kumbha Rashi till 9:21 PM 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), Makar Rashi till 3:45 PM on December 17. Then onward it is Kumbha Rashi till 6:21 PM on December 19.   

Festivals, Vrat and Auspicious days – Margazhi Masam begins in Tamil Calendars – Dhanu Sankranti at 1:26 AM - Dhanur Masam begins – Vivah Panchami

Kali Yuga Year – 5125 

Vikram Samvat 2080 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month Hindu calendar in North India - Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir. 

Shobhakrit Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1945 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 

Shobhakrutha Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1945 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month in Maharashtra and Goa. (It is Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 5:33 PM on December 17. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 3:14 PM on December 18.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

Vikram Samvat 2080 – Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month Gujarat. (It is Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi or the fifth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 5:33 PM on December 17. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Shashti tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Margashirsh month till 3:14 PM on December 18.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

1st day of Margazhi Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu. (Shobhakrutha Nama Year)
1st day of Dhanu Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala. (Kolla Varsham 1199)
30th day of Agrahan Month in Calendars followed in Assam and Bengal. (Bengali Year 1430) 

Bad Period on December 17, 2023
Rahukalam – 4:23 PM to 5:43 PM
Yamagandam – 12:23 PM to 1:43 PM
Gulikai – 3:03 PM to 4:23 PM
Durmuhurtham – 4:18 PM to 5:00 PM
Varjyam – 8:20 AM to 9:49 AM 

Panchak (bad) – from 7:01 PM 

Good Period on December 17, 2023
Abhijit Muhurta – 12:01 PM to 12:44 PM
Amrita Kalam – 5:15 PM to 6:44 PM
Sarvartha Siddhi Yog – 9:14 AM on Dec 16 to before sunrise on Dec 17
Amrita Siddhi Yog – not present
Dwipushkar Yog – not present
Tripushkar Yog – not present
Ravi Yog – not present 

Yog – Vyaghata (bad) till 3:47 AM on December 17. Then onward it is Harshana (good) till 12:35 AM on December 18.  

Karana – Bava (good) till 6:46 AM on December 17. Then onward it is Balava (good) till 5:33 PM on December 17. Then onward it is Kaulava (good) till 4:23 AM on December 18. 

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