Tamil Calendar
April 2012: Tamil dates, the tithi and nakshatra of each day at sunrise, festivals and vrats. Khara (Tamil year).
April 2012
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Panguni 19 Shukla Navami Punarvasu
2
Panguni 20 Shukla Dashami Pushya
3
Panguni 21 Shukla Ekadashi Ashlesha Kamada Ekadashi
4
Panguni 22 Shukla Dwadashi Magha Pradosham
5
Panguni 23 Shukla Trayodashi Uttara Phalguni Panguni Uthiram
6
Panguni 24 Purnima Hasta Chaitra Purnima
7
Panguni 25 Krishna Pratipada Chitra
8
Panguni 26 Krishna Dwitiya Swati
9
Panguni 27 Krishna Tritiya Vishakha Sankashti Chaturthi
10
Panguni 28 Krishna Chaturthi Anuradha
11
Panguni 29 Krishna Panchami Jyeshtha
12
Panguni 30 Krishna Shashthi Mula
13
Panguni 31 Krishna Ashtami Purva Ashadha
14
Chithirai 1 Krishna Navami Uttara Ashadha Puthandu (Tamil New Year) Mesha Sankranti (Vishu, Baisakhi, Puthandu, Pana Sankranti, Pohela Boishakh)
15
Chithirai 2 Krishna Dashami Shravana
16
Chithirai 3 Krishna Ekadashi Dhanishta Varuthini Ekadashi
17
Chithirai 4 Krishna Dwadashi Shatabhisha
18
Chithirai 5 Krishna Dwadashi Purva Bhadrapada Pradosham
19
Chithirai 6 Krishna Trayodashi Uttara Bhadrapada Masik Shivaratri
20
Chithirai 7 Krishna Chaturdashi Revati
21
Chithirai 8 Amavasya Ashwini Chaitra Amavasya (Shani)
22
Chithirai 9 Shukla Pratipada Bharani
23
Chithirai 10 Shukla Dwitiya Krittika
24
Chithirai 11 Shukla Tritiya Krittika
25
Chithirai 12 Shukla Chaturthi Rohini
26
Chithirai 13 Shukla Panchami Mrigashira
27
Chithirai 14 Shukla Shashthi Ardra
28
Chithirai 15 Shukla Saptami Punarvasu
29
Chithirai 16 Shukla Ashtami Pushya
30
Chithirai 17 Shukla Navami Ashlesha
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Festivals and vrats this month
| Date | Observance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 03 Apr Tuesday | Kamada Ekadashi | Ekadashi 02 Apr, 13:41 to 03 Apr, 12:23; Parana on 04 Apr from 06:07 to 10:18 |
| 04 Apr Wednesday | Pradosham | Shukla Trayodashi 04 Apr, 10:18 to 05 Apr, 07:34 |
| 05 Apr Thursday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 23, Uttara Phalguni |
| 06 Apr Friday | Chaitra Purnima | Purnima 06 Apr, 04:20 to 07 Apr, 00:48 |
| 09 Apr Monday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Krishna Chaturthi 09 Apr, 14:04 to 10 Apr, 10:58; moonrise 21:50 |
| 14 Apr Saturday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 14 Apr Saturday | Mesha Sankranti (Vishu, Baisakhi, Puthandu, Pana Sankranti, Pohela Boishakh) | The Sun enters Aries at 13 Apr 2012, 19:19; after sunset, so observed the next day |
| 16 Apr Monday | Varuthini Ekadashi | Ekadashi 16 Apr, 04:11 to 17 Apr, 05:07; Parana on 17 Apr from 11:27 to 13:38 |
| 18 Apr Wednesday | Pradosham | Krishna Trayodashi 18 Apr, 06:30 to 19 Apr, 08:17 |
| 19 Apr Thursday | Masik Shivaratri | Krishna Chaturdashi 19 Apr, 08:17 to 20 Apr, 10:25 |
| 21 Apr Saturday | Chaitra Amavasya (Shani) | Amavasya 20 Apr, 10:25 to 21 Apr, 12:48 |
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.