Tamil Year 2026 – 2027
Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 13, 2027
Tamil festival calendar — beginning with Puthandu (Tamil New Year, Apr 14) when the sun enters Mesha. 39 festivals across the 12 Tamil solar months (Chithirai → Panguni). Pongal, Aadi Perukku, Karthigai Deepam, Thaipusam, and Margazhi mark the year's rhythm.
39
Festivals
12
Tamil Months
2026
Greg start
2027
Greg end
Chithirai
சித்திரைApr 14 – May 14· AriesThe Tamil year opens with Puthandu — Maangai-Pachadi, Kanni darshan, Murugan temple visits.
Bohag Bihu
বহাগ বিহু
Assamese New Year — 7 days of Bihu dance, husori, and the start of spring.
Vishu
വിഷു
Kerala New Year — Vishukkani at first sight, kaineetam coins for blessings.
Puthandu
புத்தாண்டு
Tamil New Year — Maangai-Pachadi at sunrise.
Akshaya Tritiya
अक्षय तृतीया
The "never-decaying" day — universally auspicious.
Buddha Purnima
Birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of the Buddha — all on the same Vaishakha Purnima.
Vaikasi
வைகாசிMay 15 – Jun 14· TaurusVaikasi Visakam — birthday of Lord Murugan. Buddha Purnima also falls in this month.
Aani
ஆனிJun 15 – Jul 14· GeminiAani Thirumanjanam at Chidambaram — when Nataraja's bronze idol is bathed in 1,008 pots of water.
Aadi
ஆடிJul 15 – Aug 14· CancerA holy month for the goddess. Aadi Perukku (river worship), Aadi Pooram (Andal's birthday), Varalakshmi Vratam.
Rath Yatra
Lord Jagannath's annual chariot journey at Puri.
Guru Purnima
गुरु पूर्णिमा
A day to honour gurus and teachers.
Aadi Perukku
ஆடிப் பெருக்கு
The 18th day of Aadi month — when rivers swell with monsoon flow.
Aavani
ஆவணிAug 15 – Sep 14· LeoAavani Avittam (sacred-thread renewal for Brahmins). Krishna Janmashtami and Vinayaka Chaturthi.
Onam
ഓണം
Kerala's 10-day harvest festival — homecoming of King Mahabali.
Raksha Bandhan
रक्षा बंधन
The brother-sister bond, sealed with a rakhi thread.
Krishna Janmashtami
कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी
The birth of Krishna, at midnight in Shravana Krishna Ashtami.
Purattasi
புரட்டாசிSep 15 – Oct 14· VirgoSacred to Lord Venkateswara. Saturdays of Purattasi are observed as fasts. Mahalaya Paksha.
Ganesh Chaturthi
गणेश चतुर्थी
Ten days of Ganesha — homecoming, then farewell on Anant Chaturdashi.
Pitru Paksha
पितृ पक्ष
A 16-day window for ancestor offerings — major life events suspended.
Sharad Navratri
शरद नवरात्रि
Nine nights of the Mother Goddess.
Aippasi
ஐப்பசிOct 15 – Nov 14· LibraSkanda Sashti — Murugan's 6-day fast. Diwali, Annabhishekam at Shiva temples.
Kati Bihu
কাতি বিহু
The austere Bihu — small lamps in paddy fields, prayers for the harvest.
Dussehra
दशहरा / विजयादशमी
Rama's victory over Ravana — the triumph of dharma.
Sharad Purnima
शरद पूर्णिमा
The brightest full moon of the year — moonlight is said to have nectar properties.
Kerala Piravi
കേരളപ്പിറവി
Kerala's birthday — the day the state was formed in 1956.
Dhanteras
धनतेरस
The Diwali week begins — gold and metal purchases peak today.
Naraka Chaturdashi
The night before Diwali — Krishna's defeat of Narakasura.
Diwali
दीपावली
The festival of lights — Lakshmi Puja in every home.
Govardhan Puja
Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan — Annakut feast.
Bhai Dooj
The brother-sister bond, second occasion in the year (after Raksha Bandhan).
Karthigai
கார்த்திகைNov 15 – Dec 14· ScorpioKarthigai Deepam — Tiruvannamalai's giant flame on the hilltop, agal-vilakku in every Tamil home.
Kartik Purnima
The "Diwali of the gods" — celebrated with diyas in Varanasi.
Vivah Panchami
विवाह पंचमी
The marriage anniversary of Rama and Sita.
Karthigai Deepam
கார்த்திகை தீபம்
Tamil festival of lights — the giant flame on Arunachala Hill at Tiruvannamalai.
Geeta Jayanti
गीता जयंती
The day Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna at Kurukshetra.
Thai
தைJan 14 – Feb 12· CapricornBegins with Pongal — 4 days of harvest. Thaipusam at Palani follows. "Thai pirandhal vazhi pirakkum."
Bhogi Pandigai
போகி பண்டிகை
The first day of the Tamil 4-day Pongal harvest festival — old things go on the bonfire.
Makar Sankranti
मकर संक्रांति
The sun begins its northward journey — the most auspicious solar event.
Thai Pongal
தைப்பொங்கல்
Tamil Nadu's harvest festival — sweet pongal cooked in a new clay pot facing the rising sun.
Magh Bihu
মাঘ বিহু
Assam's harvest festival — Uruka feast, Meji bonfire, and 7 days of feasting.
Mattu Pongal
மாட்டுப் பொங்கல்
Cattle worship — the third day of Pongal honours the bulls and cows that work the fields.
Vasant Panchami
वसंत पंचमी
The first day of spring + Saraswati Puja.
Maasi
மாசிFeb 13 – Mar 13· AquariusMaha Shivaratri at every Shiva temple. Maasi Magham — sacred bath at Mahamaham tank in Kumbakonam.
Panguni
பங்குனிMar 14 – Apr 13· PiscesThe closing Tamil month. Panguni Uthiram — 6 cosmic marriages (Shiva-Parvati, Murugan-Deivanai, etc.).