Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2008, 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 2008
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2008 Monday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2008 Tuesday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 16 Jan 2008 Wednesday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 17 Jan 2008 Thursday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 23 Jan 2008 Wednesday | Thaipusam | Thai 9, Pushya |
| 21 Feb 2008 Thursday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 9, Magha |
| 21 Mar 2008 Friday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 8, Uttara Phalguni |
| 13 Apr 2008 Sunday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 20 Apr 2008 Sunday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 8, Purnima |
| 19 May 2008 Monday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 6, Vishakha |
| 01 Aug 2008 Friday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 17, Amavasya |
| 02 Aug 2008 Saturday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 04 Aug 2008 Monday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 20, Purva Phalguni |
| 15 Aug 2008 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 16 Aug, 02:17 to 17 Aug, 02:46 |
| 16 Aug 2008 Saturday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 16 Aug, 02:17 to 17 Aug, 02:46 |
| 03 Sep 2008 Wednesday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 03 Sep, 00:06 to 04 Sep, 00:51 |
| 08 Oct 2008 Wednesday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 08 Oct, 03:41 to 09 Oct, 05:33 |
| 09 Oct 2008 Thursday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 09 Oct, 05:33 to 10 Oct, 06:47 |
| 27 Oct 2008 Monday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 27 Oct, 02:45 to 28 Oct, 03:32 |
| 11 Dec 2008 Thursday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 26, 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.