Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2016, 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 2016
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2016 Thursday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2016 Friday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 16 Jan 2016 Saturday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 17 Jan 2016 Sunday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 24 Jan 2016 Sunday | Thaipusam | Thai 10, Pushya |
| 22 Feb 2016 Monday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 10, Magha |
| 23 Mar 2016 Wednesday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 10, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 2016 Thursday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 22 Apr 2016 Friday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 9, Purnima |
| 21 May 2016 Saturday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 8, Vishakha |
| 02 Aug 2016 Tuesday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 02 Aug 2016 Tuesday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 18, Amavasya |
| 05 Aug 2016 Friday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 21, Purva Phalguni |
| 12 Aug 2016 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 16:27 to 18 Aug, 14:56 |
| 18 Aug 2016 Thursday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 17 Aug, 16:27 to 18 Aug, 14:56 |
| 05 Sep 2016 Monday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 04 Sep, 18:54 to 05 Sep, 21:09 |
| 10 Oct 2016 Monday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 09 Oct, 22:31 to 10 Oct, 22:53 |
| 11 Oct 2016 Tuesday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 10 Oct, 22:53 to 11 Oct, 22:28 |
| 29 Oct 2016 Saturday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 28 Oct, 18:20 to 29 Oct, 20:40 |
| 12 Dec 2016 Monday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 27, 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.