Friday, December 18, 1998
Vikrama Samvat	2055	Maargasheersha	4
Shaka Samvat	1920	Maargasheersha	27
Hijri	1419	Shaban	28
Pausha Amavasya up to 4.10 a.m. (December 19) The fifteenth lunar day of the dark half of Pausha Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 10.25 p.m. The Moon enters Sagittarius at 10.25 p.m. Vakula Amavasya