Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 1940, dated for New Delhi, Delhi, India. Each is taken on the day its tithi (or star, or solar date) covers the part of the day the festival needs.
Tamil Festivals 1940
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1940 Saturday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 1940 Sunday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 1940 Monday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 1940 Tuesday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 25 Jan 1940 Thursday | Thaipusam | Thai 12, Pushya |
| 23 Feb 1940 Friday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 11, Magha |
| 23 Mar 1940 Saturday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 10, Uttara Phalguni |
| 13 Apr 1940 Saturday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 22 Apr 1940 Monday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 10, Purnima |
| 21 May 1940 Tuesday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 8, Vishakha |
| 02 Aug 1940 Friday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 03 Aug 1940 Saturday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 19, Amavasya |
| 06 Aug 1940 Tuesday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 22, Purva Phalguni |
| 16 Aug 1940 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 03:15 to 18 Aug, 04:32 |
| 17 Aug 1940 Saturday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 03:15 to 18 Aug, 04:32 |
| 05 Sep 1940 Thursday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 04 Sep, 23:17 to 05 Sep, 20:11 |
| 09 Oct 1940 Wednesday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 08 Oct, 23:51 to 10 Oct, 00:30 |
| 10 Oct 1940 Thursday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 10 Oct, 00:30 to 11 Oct, 01:48 |
| 30 Oct 1940 Wednesday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 29 Oct, 10:45 to 30 Oct, 07:10 |
| 12 Dec 1940 Thursday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 27, Krittika |
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.