Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2000, 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 2000
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2000 Friday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2000 Saturday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 16 Jan 2000 Sunday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 17 Jan 2000 Monday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 21 Jan 2000 Friday | Thaipusam | Thai 7, Pushya |
| 20 Feb 2000 Sunday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 8, Magha |
| 20 Mar 2000 Monday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 7, Uttara Phalguni |
| 13 Apr 2000 Thursday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 18 Apr 2000 Tuesday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 6, Purnima |
| 18 May 2000 Thursday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 5, Vishakha |
| 31 Jul 2000 Monday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 16, Amavasya |
| 02 Aug 2000 Wednesday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 02 Aug 2000 Wednesday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 18, Purva Phalguni |
| 11 Aug 2000 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 14 Aug, 08:39 to 15 Aug, 10:42 |
| 15 Aug 2000 Tuesday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 14 Aug, 08:39 to 15 Aug, 10:42 |
| 01 Sep 2000 Friday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 01 Sep, 08:47 to 02 Sep, 07:39 |
| 06 Oct 2000 Friday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 06 Oct, 05:47 to 07 Oct, 08:24 |
| 08 Oct 2000 Sunday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 07 Oct, 08:24 to 08 Oct, 10:48 |
| 26 Oct 2000 Thursday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 25 Oct, 15:26 to 26 Oct, 14:14 |
| 09 Dec 2000 Saturday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 24, 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.