The Tamil festival calendar. Tamil festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Tamil 1998 opens in October during Shaka Samvat 1920 (Bahudhanya) of the Hindu calendar.
October 1998
Shaka Samvat 1920 (Bahudhanya)
Purattasi – Aippasi
Festivals & Vrats in October 1998
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Ayudha Puja / Saraswati Puja
Tithi 3:29 PM, Sep 30 – 2:49 PM, Oct 1
Tools, instruments and books are placed before Goddess Saraswati and worshipped on Vijayadashami.
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Deepavali
Tithi 10:44 AM, Oct 18 – 1:09 PM, Oct 19
The festival of lights, kept with the Ganga snanam at dawn (Naraka Chaturdashi).
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Skanda Sashti (Soorasamharam)
Tithi 3:01 AM, Oct 26 – 4:34 AM, Oct 27
Six days of worship of Lord Murugan culminate in Soorasamharam — his victory over the demon Surapadman.
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise — use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
About the Tamil Calendar
The Tamil festival calendar. Tamil festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Each day lists its tithi and paksha, the nakshatra, the weekday (vaar) and any festivals or vrats. Tap any day to see the full panchang for that date — tithi start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Use the month and year selectors to browse this year and the next.