Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 1997, 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 1997
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1997 Monday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 1997 Tuesday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 1997 Wednesday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 1997 Thursday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 24 Jan 1997 Friday | Thaipusam | Thai 11, Pushya |
| 22 Feb 1997 Saturday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 11, Magha |
| 24 Mar 1997 Monday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 11, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 1997 Monday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 22 Apr 1997 Tuesday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 9, Purnima |
| 22 May 1997 Thursday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 8, Vishakha |
| 02 Aug 1997 Saturday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 03 Aug 1997 Sunday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 19, Amavasya |
| 06 Aug 1997 Wednesday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 22, Purva Phalguni |
| 15 Aug 1997 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 19:59 to 18 Aug, 16:25 |
| 18 Aug 1997 Monday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 19:59 to 18 Aug, 16:25 |
| 06 Sep 1997 Saturday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 05 Sep, 13:06 to 06 Sep, 15:20 |
| 10 Oct 1997 Friday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 10 Oct, 05:17 to 11 Oct, 03:40 |
| 11 Oct 1997 Saturday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 11 Oct, 03:40 to 12 Oct, 01:29 |
| 30 Oct 1997 Thursday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 29 Oct, 11:33 to 30 Oct, 13:44 |
| 12 Dec 1997 Friday | 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.