Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 1978, 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 1978
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1978 Friday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 1978 Saturday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 1978 Sunday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 1978 Monday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 24 Jan 1978 Tuesday | Thaipusam | Thai 11, Pushya |
| 23 Feb 1978 Thursday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 11, Magha |
| 24 Mar 1978 Friday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 11, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 1978 Friday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 23 Apr 1978 Sunday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 10, Purnima |
| 22 May 1978 Monday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 8, Vishakha |
| 02 Aug 1978 Wednesday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 03 Aug 1978 Thursday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 19, Amavasya |
| 07 Aug 1978 Monday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 23, Purva Phalguni |
| 11 Aug 1978 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 19:17 to 18 Aug, 15:43 |
| 18 Aug 1978 Friday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 19:17 to 18 Aug, 15:43 |
| 06 Sep 1978 Wednesday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 06 Sep, 00:27 to 07 Sep, 00:29 |
| 10 Oct 1978 Tuesday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 10 Oct, 02:02 to 10 Oct, 23:46 |
| 11 Oct 1978 Wednesday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 10 Oct, 23:46 to 11 Oct, 21:28 |
| 30 Oct 1978 Monday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 30 Oct, 02:57 to 31 Oct, 02:35 |
| 12 Dec 1978 Tuesday | 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.