Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2003, 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 2003
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2003 Monday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 2003 Tuesday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2003 Wednesday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 2003 Thursday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 19 Jan 2003 Sunday | Thaipusam | Thai 6, Pushya |
| 17 Feb 2003 Monday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 5, Magha |
| 18 Mar 2003 Tuesday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 4, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 2003 Monday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 16 Apr 2003 Wednesday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 3, Purnima |
| 16 May 2003 Friday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 2, Vishakha |
| 29 Jul 2003 Tuesday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 13, Amavasya |
| 01 Aug 2003 Friday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 16, Purva Phalguni |
| 03 Aug 2003 Sunday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 08 Aug 2003 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 11 Aug, 11:37 to 12 Aug, 10:18 |
| 12 Aug 2003 Tuesday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 11 Aug, 11:37 to 12 Aug, 10:18 |
| 31 Aug 2003 Sunday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 30 Aug, 16:28 to 31 Aug, 14:01 |
| 04 Oct 2003 Saturday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 03 Oct, 11:53 to 04 Oct, 10:42 |
| 05 Oct 2003 Sunday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 04 Oct, 10:42 to 05 Oct, 09:57 |
| 24 Oct 2003 Friday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 24 Oct, 00:47 to 24 Oct, 21:43 |
| 07 Dec 2003 Sunday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 21, 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.