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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 1991 opens in August during Shaka Samvat 1913 (Prajapati) of the Hindu calendar.

August 1991

Shaka Samvat 1913 (Prajapati)

Aadi – Aavani

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Festivals & Vrats in August 1991

  • Aadi Perukku

    Saturday, 3 August 1991 Ashtami

    Tithi 5:30 AM, Aug 3 – 4:29 AM, Aug 4

    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, 5 August 1991 Dashami

    Tithi 2:22 AM, Aug 5 – 12:11 AM, Aug 6

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

  • Aadi Amavasai Vrat

    Saturday, 10 August 1991 Amavasya

    Tithi 11:16 AM, Aug 9 – 7:57 AM, Aug 10

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

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  • Aadi Pooram

    Monday, 12 August 1991 Tritiya

    Tithi 1:58 AM, Aug 12 – 11:30 PM, Aug 12

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

  • Skanda Shashthi Vrat

    Thursday, 15 August 1991 Shashthi

    Tithi 9:07 PM, Aug 14 – 8:57 PM, Aug 15

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

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  • Varalakshmi Vratham Vrat

    Friday, 23 August 1991 Trayodashi

    Tithi 9:02 AM, Aug 22 – 11:13 AM, Aug 23

    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)

    Sunday, 25 August 1991 Purnima

    Tithi 1:14 PM, Aug 24 – 2:38 PM, Aug 25

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

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