Tamil Festivals
Tamil festivals of 2018, 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 2018
| Date | Festival | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Jan 2018 Tuesday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 18, Ardra |
| 13 Jan 2018 Saturday | Bhogi | The day before Thai 1 |
| 14 Jan 2018 Sunday | Thai Pongal | Thai 1 |
| 15 Jan 2018 Monday | Mattu Pongal | Thai 2 |
| 16 Jan 2018 Tuesday | Kaanum Pongal | Thai 3 |
| 31 Jan 2018 Wednesday | Thaipusam | Thai 18, Pushya |
| 01 Mar 2018 Thursday | Maasi Magam | Maasi 17, Magha |
| 31 Mar 2018 Saturday | Panguni Uthiram | Panguni 17, Uttara Phalguni |
| 14 Apr 2018 Saturday | Puthandu (Tamil New Year) | Chithirai 1 |
| 30 Apr 2018 Monday | Chithirai Pournami | Chithirai 17, Purnima |
| 28 May 2018 Monday | Vaikasi Visakam | Vaikasi 14, Vishakha |
| 17 Jul 2018 Tuesday | Aadi Pooram | Aadi 1, Purva Phalguni |
| 03 Aug 2018 Friday | Aadi Perukku | Aadi 18 |
| 11 Aug 2018 Saturday | Aadi Amavasai | Aadi 26, Amavasya |
| 24 Aug 2018 Friday | Varalakshmi Vratam (Friday before) | Shravana Purnima, 25 Aug, 15:16 to 26 Aug, 17:26 |
| 26 Aug 2018 Sunday | Avani Avittam | Shravana Purnima, 25 Aug, 15:16 to 26 Aug, 17:26 |
| 13 Sep 2018 Thursday | Vinayagar Chathurthi | Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, 12 Sep, 16:07 to 13 Sep, 14:51 |
| 18 Oct 2018 Thursday | Saraswati Puja | Ashwin Shukla Navami, 17 Oct, 12:50 to 18 Oct, 15:29 |
| 19 Oct 2018 Friday | Vijayadasami | Ashwin Shukla Dashami, 18 Oct, 15:29 to 19 Oct, 17:57 |
| 06 Nov 2018 Tuesday | Deepavali | Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi, 05 Nov, 23:47 to 06 Nov, 22:27 |
| 22 Nov 2018 Thursday | Karthigai Deepam | Karthigai 6, Krittika |
| 19 Dec 2018 Wednesday | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Margazhi 4, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 23 Dec 2018 Sunday | Arudra Darisanam | Margazhi 8, 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.