Tamil Calendar
December 2009: Tamil dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Virodhi (Tamil year).
December 2009
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Karthigai 16 Shukla Chaturdashi Krittika Karthigai Deepam Margashirsha Purnima
2
Karthigai 17 Purnima Rohini
3
Karthigai 18 Krishna Pratipada Mrigashira
4
Karthigai 19 Krishna Dwitiya Ardra
5
Karthigai 20 Krishna Chaturthi Punarvasu Sankashti Chaturthi
6
Karthigai 21 Krishna Panchami Pushya
7
Karthigai 22 Krishna Shashthi Ashlesha
8
Karthigai 23 Krishna Saptami Magha
9
Karthigai 24 Krishna Ashtami Purva Phalguni
10
Karthigai 25 Krishna Navami Uttara Phalguni
11
Karthigai 26 Krishna Dashami Hasta
12
Karthigai 27 Krishna Ekadashi Chitra Saphala Ekadashi
13
Karthigai 28 Krishna Dwadashi Swati Pradosham
14
Karthigai 29 Krishna Trayodashi Vishakha Masik Shivaratri
15
Karthigai 30 Krishna Chaturdashi Anuradha
16
Margazhi 1 Amavasya Jyeshtha Margashirsha Amavasya Dhanu Sankranti
17
Margazhi 2 Shukla Pratipada Mula
18
Margazhi 3 Shukla Dwitiya Purva Ashadha
19
Margazhi 4 Shukla Tritiya Uttara Ashadha
20
Margazhi 5 Shukla Chaturthi Shravana
21
Margazhi 6 Shukla Panchami Dhanishta
22
Margazhi 7 Shukla Shashthi Shatabhisha
23
Margazhi 8 Shukla Shashthi Shatabhisha
24
Margazhi 9 Shukla Saptami Purva Bhadrapada
25
Margazhi 10 Shukla Ashtami Uttara Bhadrapada
26
Margazhi 11 Shukla Navami Revati
27
Margazhi 12 Shukla Dashami Ashwini
28
Margazhi 13 Shukla Ekadashi Bharani Vaikunta Ekadasi Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
29
Margazhi 14 Shukla Dwadashi Krittika Bhauma Pradosham
30
Margazhi 15 Shukla Chaturdashi Rohini
31
Margazhi 16 Purnima Mrigashira Arudra Darisanam Pausha Purnima
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Dec Tuesday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 16, Krittika |
| 01 Dec Tuesday | Margashirsha Purnima | Purnima 01 Dec, 15:24 to 02 Dec, 13:00 |
| 05 Dec Saturday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 05 Dec, 04:27 to 06 Dec, 01:37; moonrise 20:41 |
| 12 Dec Saturday | Saphala Ekadashi | Ekadashi 11 Dec, 14:54 to 12 Dec, 14:32; Parana on 13 Dec from 07:04 to 13:17 |
| 13 Dec Sunday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 13 Dec, 14:36 to 14 Dec, 15:07 |
| 14 Dec Monday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 14 Dec, 15:07 to 15 Dec, 16:05 |
| 16 Dec Wednesday | Margashirsha Amavasya | Amavasya 15 Dec, 16:05 to 16 Dec, 17:32 |
| 16 Dec Wednesday | Dhanu Sankranti | The Sun enters Sagittarius at 16 Dec 2009, 01:52 |
| 28 Dec Monday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 13, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 28 Dec Monday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 27 Dec, 12:09 to 28 Dec, 11:08; Parana on 29 Dec from 07:13 to 09:21 |
| 29 Dec Tuesday | Bhauma Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 29 Dec, 09:21 to 30 Dec, 06:56 |
| 31 Dec Thursday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 16, Ardra |
| 31 Dec Thursday | Pausha Purnima | Purnima 31 Dec, 04:00 to 01 Jan, 00:42 |
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.