Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2002, 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 2002
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2002 Sunday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 2002 Monday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2002 Tuesday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 2002 Wednesday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 28 Jan 2002 Monday | Thaipusam | Thai 15, Pushya |
| 27 Feb 2002 Wednesday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 15, Magha |
| 28 Mar 2002 Thursday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 14, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 2002 Sunday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 27 Apr 2002 Saturday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 14, Purnima |
| 25 May 2002 Saturday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 11, Vishakha |
| 03 Aug 2002 Saturday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 08 Aug 2002 Thursday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 23, Amavasya |
| 11 Aug 2002 Sunday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 26, Purva Phalguni |
| 16 Aug 2002 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 22 Aug, 02:39 to 23 Aug, 03:59 |
| 22 Aug 2002 Thursday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 22 Aug, 02:39 to 23 Aug, 03:59 |
| 10 Sep 2002 Tuesday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 09 Sep, 21:42 to 10 Sep, 18:30 |
| 14 Oct 2002 Monday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 13 Oct, 23:12 to 15 Oct, 00:00 |
| 15 Oct 2002 Tuesday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 15 Oct, 00:00 to 16 Oct, 01:23 |
| 04 Nov 2002 Monday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 03 Nov, 09:23 to 04 Nov, 05:43 |
| 19 Nov 2002 Tuesday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 4, Krittika |
| 20 Dec 2002 Friday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 5, 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.