Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 1979, 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 1979
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 08 Jan 1979 Monday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 24, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 12 Jan 1979 Friday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 28, Ardra |
| 13 Jan 1979 Saturday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 1979 Sunday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 1979 Monday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 1979 Tuesday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 10 Feb 1979 Saturday | Thaipusam | Thai 28, Pushya |
| 12 Mar 1979 Monday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 28, Magha |
| 10 Apr 1979 Tuesday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 27, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 1979 Saturday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 12 May 1979 Saturday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 29, Purnima |
| 08 Jun 1979 Friday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 25, Vishakha |
| 23 Jul 1979 Monday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 7, Amavasya |
| 28 Jul 1979 Saturday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 12, Purva Phalguni |
| 03 Aug 1979 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 07 Aug, 12:28 to 08 Aug, 08:51 |
| 03 Aug 1979 Friday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 08 Aug 1979 Wednesday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 07 Aug, 12:28 to 08 Aug, 08:51 |
| 26 Aug 1979 Sunday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 26 Aug, 06:18 to 27 Aug, 08:26 |
| 30 Sep 1979 Sunday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 29 Sep, 21:11 to 30 Sep, 19:30 |
| 01 Oct 1979 Monday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 30 Sep, 19:30 to 01 Oct, 17:15 |
| 19 Oct 1979 Friday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 19 Oct, 04:08 to 20 Oct, 06:13 |
| 02 Dec 1979 Sunday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 16, Krittika |
| 29 Dec 1979 Saturday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 14, Shukla Ekadashi |
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.