Tamil Calendar
January 2009: Tamil dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Sarvadhari (Tamil year).
January 2009
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1
Margazhi 17 Shukla Panchami Shatabhisha
2
Margazhi 18 Shukla Shashthi Shatabhisha
3
Margazhi 19 Shukla Saptami Purva Bhadrapada
4
Margazhi 20 Shukla Ashtami Uttara Bhadrapada
5
Margazhi 21 Shukla Navami Revati
6
Margazhi 22 Shukla Dashami Ashwini
7
Margazhi 23 Shukla Ekadashi Bharani Vaikunta Ekadasi Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
8
Margazhi 24 Shukla Dwadashi Rohini Pradosham
9
Margazhi 25 Shukla Trayodashi Mrigashira
10
Margazhi 26 Shukla Chaturdashi Ardra Arudra Darisanam Pausha Purnima
11
Margazhi 27 Purnima Punarvasu
12
Margazhi 28 Krishna Dwitiya Pushya
13
Margazhi 29 Krishna Tritiya Ashlesha Bhogi
14
Thai 1 Krishna Chaturthi Magha Thai Pongal Sankashti Chaturthi Makara Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayana)
15
Thai 2 Krishna Panchami Purva Phalguni Mattu Pongal
16
Thai 3 Krishna Shashthi Uttara Phalguni Kaanum Pongal
17
Thai 4 Krishna Saptami Hasta
18
Thai 5 Krishna Ashtami Chitra
19
Thai 6 Krishna Navami Swati
20
Thai 7 Krishna Dashami Vishakha
21
Thai 8 Krishna Ekadashi Anuradha Shattila Ekadashi
22
Thai 9 Krishna Dwadashi Jyeshtha
23
Thai 10 Krishna Trayodashi Mula Pradosham
24
Thai 11 Krishna Trayodashi Purva Ashadha Masik Shivaratri
25
Thai 12 Krishna Chaturdashi Uttara Ashadha
26
Thai 13 Amavasya Uttara Ashadha Pausha Amavasya (Somvati)
27
Thai 14 Shukla Pratipada Shravana
28
Thai 15 Shukla Dwitiya Dhanishta
29
Thai 16 Shukla Tritiya Shatabhisha
30
Thai 17 Shukla Chaturthi Purva Bhadrapada
31
Thai 18 Shukla Panchami Uttara Bhadrapada
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 07 Jan Wednesday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 23, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 07 Jan Wednesday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 07 Jan, 01:38 to 07 Jan, 22:58; Parana on 08 Jan from 07:15 to 13:30 |
| 08 Jan Thursday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 08 Jan, 19:48 to 09 Jan, 16:18 |
| 10 Jan Saturday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 26, Ardra |
| 10 Jan Saturday | Pausha Purnima | Purnima 10 Jan, 12:37 to 11 Jan, 08:56 |
| 13 Jan Tuesday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan Wednesday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan Wednesday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 13 Jan, 23:32 to 14 Jan, 21:27; moonrise 21:27 |
| 14 Jan Wednesday | Makara Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayana) | The Sun enters Capricorn at 14 Jan 2009, 06:26 |
| 15 Jan Thursday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan Friday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 21 Jan Wednesday | Shattila Ekadashi | Ekadashi 21 Jan, 00:45 to 22 Jan, 03:17; Parana on 22 Jan from 09:57 to 13:36 |
| 23 Jan Friday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 23 Jan, 05:58 to 24 Jan, 08:38 |
| 24 Jan Saturday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 24 Jan, 08:38 to 25 Jan, 11:09 |
| 26 Jan Monday | Pausha Amavasya (Somvati) | Amavasya 25 Jan, 11:09 to 26 Jan, 13:25 |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.