Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 1987, 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 1987
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 1987 Saturday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 26, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 13 Jan 1987 Tuesday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 1987 Wednesday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 1987 Thursday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 1987 Friday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 12 Feb 1987 Thursday | Thaipusam | Thai 30, Pushya |
| 14 Mar 1987 Saturday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 30, Magha |
| 16 Mar 1987 Monday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 2, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 1987 Tuesday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 14 Apr 1987 Tuesday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 1, Purnima |
| 10 Jun 1987 Wednesday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 27, Vishakha |
| 25 Jul 1987 Saturday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 9, Amavasya |
| 29 Jul 1987 Wednesday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 13, Purva Phalguni |
| 03 Aug 1987 Monday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 07 Aug 1987 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 08 Aug, 19:37 to 09 Aug, 15:47 |
| 09 Aug 1987 Sunday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 08 Aug, 19:37 to 09 Aug, 15:47 |
| 28 Aug 1987 Friday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 27 Aug, 22:11 to 28 Aug, 22:56 |
| 01 Oct 1987 Thursday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 01 Oct, 03:05 to 02 Oct, 00:47 |
| 02 Oct 1987 Friday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 02 Oct, 00:47 to 02 Oct, 22:16 |
| 21 Oct 1987 Wednesday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 20 Oct, 22:36 to 21 Oct, 23:05 |
| 03 Dec 1987 Thursday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 17, Krittika |
| 30 Dec 1987 Wednesday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 15, 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.