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Tamil Daily Calendar – Welcome to Tamil Daily Calendar Website. In service to tamil people all around the world, we bring you the tamil daily calendar sheets for your auspicious events reference. Calendars shown above is for Indian timings. Kindly consult your astrologers for the specific time for your auspicious events.

Tamil Calendar is followed by Tamil people around the world is based on Moon and Star events. Tamil people traditionally follow the calendar to auspicious events and timings.

Tamil Calendar is used in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Tamil people of Malaysia, Singapore and SriLanka. Tamil people refer this for all events like cultural or religious. Traditionally Tamil year starts on 14th April every year. Week Days are named after the planets on solar system. Year is divided into six seasons each lasting for two months. Tamil calendar follows 60 year cycle closely resembling to other calendars followed in Indian subcontinent. Day starts with sunrise and ends with sunset. Fifth month Aavani and tenth month Thai are considered as very auspicious for the wedding and other events. Fourth month Aadi is considered as inauspicious.

As per tamil calendar, tamil months starts with Chithirai and ends with Panguni.

Chithirai / சித்திரை – First month on tamil calendar. Chithirai first date is tamil new year. Usually falls on 14 April of English calendar. Chithirai month have 31 days. Chitra Pournami & Varusha pirappu are the most important festivals in this month. Famous Chithirai thiruvizha is ceiebrated in Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple.

Vaigasi / வைகாசி – Second month on tamil calendar. Vaigasi month have 31 days. Favorable month of Muruga Kadavul.
Vaigasi Visakam is the most important day of this month.

Aani / ஆனி – Third month on tamil calendar. Aani month have 32 days. Aani Thirumanjanam or Aani Uttaram for Lord Nataraja is the most famous day in this month

Aadi / ஆடி – Fourth month on tamil calendar. Aadi month have 31 days. Tamil people celebrate Aadi Amavasai and Aadiperukku. A most important month for women. The most auspicious days are Fridays and Tuesdays in this month, these are called Aadi Velli and Aadi Chevvai and the Aadi Amavasya. Aadi Pooram is also a special day.18th day of adi is the most important day for the farmers (delta region) they prepare paddy seedlings.during this month “kanchi varthal” is famous in amman temples

Aavani / ஆவணி – Fifth month on tamil calendar. Aavani month have 31 days. An important month with many rituals. Brahmins change their sacred thread on Aavani Avittam. Each Sunday of the month is dedicated to prayers – Aavani Gnayiru.

Purattasi / புரட்டாசி – Sixth month on tamil calendar. Purattasi month have 31 days.An important month for Vaishnavas. Purattaasi Sani(Saturday) is an auspicious day for Lord Vishnu.

Ippasi / ஐப்பசி – Seventh month on tamil calendar. Ippasi month have 29 or 30 days. The monsoonstypically start over Tamil Nadu in this month. Hence the saying, “Aippasi Mazhai, adai mazhai” – meaning “Aippasi rains are persistent rains”.Also Annaabishekam for Lord Shiva is very famous in this month. The most famous Hindu festival “Deepavali” is celebrated in this month. The Fridays of this month – Aipassi velli – are dedicated to religious observance.

Kaarthigai / கார்த்திகை – Eighth month on tamil calendar. Kaarthigai month have 29 or 30 days.Another auspicious celebration for Shiva devotees is Thirukaarthigai. The Krithikaa Pournami is the special day of the full moon in the month of Kaarthikai, and the star is Krithikaa.Each Monday of this month is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva. Every Monday is called “Somavaaram” when 108 or 1008 sangabhishekam are offered to Lord Shiva and Lord Muruga.

Maargazhi / மார்கழி – Ninth month on tamil calendar. Maargazhi month have 29 days. This is another special month in the Tamil Calendar. Temples open earlier in the mornings and Devotees throng the temples early for puja and prasadam – the offering made to the deity which is later distributed to the devotees. Arudra Darisanam (Thiruvaadirai star in Tamil) is the most auspicious day in this month. This is also a very popular festival in Kerala, where it is called Thiruvaadira. The offering made to Lord siva is the Thiruvaadira Kali. Mukkodi Ekathesi is called “Sorgavasal Thirappu” for Lord Vishnu. The Tiruvembaavai fast takes place in this month.

Thai / தை – Tenth month on tamil calendar. Thai month have 29 or 30 days. Harvesting month and Pongal celebrations are done on this month. Pongal, which is the harvest festival, is celebrated on the first day of this month. Thai Friday is a popular day among Telugu speaking peoples settled in Tamil Nadu. Thaipusam is also a special day for Murugan devotees, who carry Kavadis to one of the Aarupadaiveedu (Literally meaning “six abodes”).

Maasi / மாசி – Eleventh month on tamil calendar. Maasi month have 29 or 30 days. Maasi Magam is the special day of which comes in this Month. Shivaratri is an important festival widely celebrated by Hindus in this month.

Panguni / பங்குனி – twelfth month on tamil calendar. Panguni have 30 days. This is the last month on tamil calendar. Panguni Uthiram, the last month of the year, is a famous festival and special to Murugan and Siva devotees.