Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 1988, 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 1988
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 03 Jan 1988 Sunday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 19, Ardra |
| 14 Jan 1988 Thursday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 1988 Friday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 16 Jan 1988 Saturday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 17 Jan 1988 Sunday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 02 Feb 1988 Tuesday | Thaipusam | Thai 19, Pushya |
| 02 Mar 1988 Wednesday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 19, Magha |
| 01 Apr 1988 Friday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 19, Uttara Phalguni |
| 13 Apr 1988 Wednesday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 01 May 1988 Sunday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 19, Purnima |
| 30 May 1988 Monday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 17, Vishakha |
| 18 Jul 1988 Monday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 3, Purva Phalguni |
| 02 Aug 1988 Tuesday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 12 Aug 1988 Friday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 28, Amavasya |
| 26 Aug 1988 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 26 Aug, 20:10 to 27 Aug, 16:25 |
| 27 Aug 1988 Saturday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 26 Aug, 20:10 to 27 Aug, 16:25 |
| 15 Sep 1988 Thursday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 14 Sep, 17:24 to 15 Sep, 19:08 |
| 19 Oct 1988 Wednesday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 19 Oct, 05:45 to 20 Oct, 03:53 |
| 20 Oct 1988 Thursday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 20 Oct, 03:53 to 21 Oct, 01:34 |
| 08 Nov 1988 Tuesday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 07 Nov, 17:09 to 08 Nov, 18:44 |
| 23 Nov 1988 Wednesday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 8, Krittika |
| 19 Dec 1988 Monday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 5, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 24 Dec 1988 Saturday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 10, Ardra |
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.