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Tamil Calendar

The Tamil festival calendar. Tamil festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.

Tamil 1953 opens in August during Shaka Samvat 1875 (Vijaya) of the Hindu calendar.

August 1953

Shaka Samvat 1875 (Vijaya)

Aadi – Aavani

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Festivals & Vrats in August 1953

  • Aadi Perukku

    Sunday, 2 August 1953 Ashtami

    Tithi 9:40 PM, Aug 1 – 7:50 PM, Aug 2

    On the 18th of Aadi, the swelling of the Cauvery and other rivers is celebrated with prayers to the waters.

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  • Aadi Krithigai

    Monday, 3 August 1953 Navami

    Tithi 7:53 PM, Aug 2 – 6:36 PM, Aug 3

    Lord Murugan is worshipped with lamps and abhishekam on the Krittika star of the Tamil month Aadi.

  • Aadi Amavasai Vrat

    Sunday, 9 August 1953 Amavasya

    Tithi 8:00 PM, Aug 8 – 9:35 PM, Aug 9

    The new moon of Aadi, observed with tarpan for ancestors and ritual baths in the sea and rivers.

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  • Aadi Pooram

    Wednesday, 12 August 1953 Tritiya

    Tithi 1:53 AM, Aug 12 – 4:16 AM, Aug 13

    The birth of Andal (Kodhai) on the Pooram star of Aadi, celebrated grandly at Srivilliputhur.

  • Skanda Shashthi Vrat

    Saturday, 15 August 1953 Panchami

    Tithi 9:18 AM, Aug 15 – 11:20 AM, Aug 16

    A vrat dedicated to Lord Kartikeya (Murugan / Skanda).

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  • Varalakshmi Vratham Vrat

    Friday, 21 August 1953 Ekadashi

    Tithi 2:14 PM, Aug 20 – 12:54 PM, Aug 21

    Married women worship Goddess Lakshmi on the Friday before the full moon for the family's well-being.

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  • Avani Avittam (Upakarma)

    Monday, 24 August 1953 Purnima

    Tithi 5:18 AM, Aug 24 – 1:59 AM, Aug 25

    Brahmins renew the sacred thread (Yajur Upakarma) on Shravana Purnima.

  • Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Gokulashtami)

    Monday, 31 August 1953 Ashtami

    Tithi 4:49 AM, Aug 31 – 3:34 AM, Sep 1

    The midnight birth of Lord Krishna.

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The Tamil festival calendar. Tamil festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.

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