Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2005, 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 2005
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2005 Thursday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 2005 Friday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2005 Saturday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 2005 Sunday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 25 Jan 2005 Tuesday | Thaipusam | Thai 12, Pushya |
| 24 Feb 2005 Thursday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 12, Magha |
| 25 Mar 2005 Friday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 12, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 2005 Thursday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 24 Apr 2005 Sunday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 11, Purnima |
| 23 May 2005 Monday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 9, Vishakha |
| 02 Aug 2005 Tuesday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 05 Aug 2005 Friday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 21, Amavasya |
| 08 Aug 2005 Monday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 24, Purva Phalguni |
| 12 Aug 2005 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 19 Aug, 03:15 to 19 Aug, 23:23 |
| 19 Aug 2005 Friday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 19 Aug, 03:15 to 19 Aug, 23:23 |
| 07 Sep 2005 Wednesday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 07 Sep, 05:22 to 08 Sep, 06:17 |
| 12 Oct 2005 Wednesday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 11 Oct, 11:29 to 12 Oct, 09:12 |
| 13 Oct 2005 Thursday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 12 Oct, 09:12 to 13 Oct, 06:41 |
| 01 Nov 2005 Tuesday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 31 Oct, 06:14 to 01 Nov, 06:52 |
| 16 Nov 2005 Wednesday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 1, 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.