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Tamil Festivals

Tamil festivals of 1996, 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 1996

Date	Festival	Details
01 Jan 1996 Monday	Vaikunta Ekadasi	Margazhi 17, Shukla Ekadashi
05 Jan 1996 Friday	Arudra Darisanam	Margazhi 21, Ardra
14 Jan 1996 Sunday	Bhogi	The day before Thai 1
15 Jan 1996 Monday	Thai Pongal	Thai 1
16 Jan 1996 Tuesday	Mattu Pongal	Thai 2
17 Jan 1996 Wednesday	Kaanum Pongal	Thai 3
04 Feb 1996 Sunday	Thaipusam	Thai 21, Pushya
04 Mar 1996 Monday	Maasi Magam	Maasi 21, Magha
03 Apr 1996 Wednesday	Panguni Uthiram	Panguni 21, Uttara Phalguni
13 Apr 1996 Saturday	Puthandu (Tamil New Year)	Chithirai 1
03 May 1996 Friday	Chithirai Pournami	Chithirai 21, Purnima
31 May 1996 Friday	Vaikasi Visakam	Vaikasi 18, Vishakha
20 Jul 1996 Saturday	Aadi Pooram	Aadi 5, Purva Phalguni
02 Aug 1996 Friday	Aadi Perukku	Aadi 18
14 Aug 1996 Wednesday	Aadi Amavasai	Aadi 30, Amavasya
23 Aug 1996 Friday	Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before)	Shravana Purnima, 28 Aug, 02:59 to 28 Aug, 23:22
28 Aug 1996 Wednesday	Avani Avittam	Shravana Purnima, 28 Aug, 02:59 to 28 Aug, 23:22
16 Sep 1996 Monday	Vinayagar Chathurthi	Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 16 Sep, 07:53 to 17 Sep, 08:05
21 Oct 1996 Monday	Saraswati Puja	Ashwin Shukla Navami, 20 Oct, 10:34 to 21 Oct, 08:19
21 Oct 1996 Monday	Vijayadasami	Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 21 Oct, 08:19 to 22 Oct, 05:59
10 Nov 1996 Sunday	Deepavali	Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 09 Nov, 10:47 to 10 Nov, 10:35
24 Nov 1996 Sunday	Karthigai Deepam	Karthigai 9, Krittika
20 Dec 1996 Friday	Vaikunta Ekadasi	Margazhi 5, Shukla Ekadashi
25 Dec 1996 Wednesday	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.