Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2013, 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 2013
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2013 Sunday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 2013 Monday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2013 Tuesday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 2013 Wednesday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 27 Jan 2013 Sunday | Thaipusam | Thai 14, Pushya |
| 25 Feb 2013 Monday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 13, Magha |
| 27 Mar 2013 Wednesday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 14, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 2013 Sunday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 25 Apr 2013 Thursday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 12, Purnima |
| 24 May 2013 Friday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 10, Vishakha |
| 02 Aug 2013 Friday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 06 Aug 2013 Tuesday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 22, Amavasya |
| 09 Aug 2013 Friday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 25, Purva Phalguni |
| 16 Aug 2013 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 20 Aug, 10:21 to 21 Aug, 07:14 |
| 21 Aug 2013 Wednesday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 20 Aug, 10:21 to 21 Aug, 07:14 |
| 09 Sep 2013 Monday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 08 Sep, 16:48 to 09 Sep, 15:59 |
| 13 Oct 2013 Sunday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 12 Oct, 15:26 to 13 Oct, 13:18 |
| 14 Oct 2013 Monday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 13 Oct, 13:18 to 14 Oct, 11:16 |
| 02 Nov 2013 Saturday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 01 Nov, 21:34 to 02 Nov, 20:13 |
| 17 Nov 2013 Sunday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 2, Krittika |
| 18 Dec 2013 Wednesday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 3, 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.