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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.

May 2020

Shaka Samvat 1942 (Sharvari)

Chithirai – Vaikasi

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Festivals & Vrats in May 2020

  • Chithirai Thiruvizha

    Thursday, 7 May 2020 Purnima

    Tithi 7:44 PM, May 6 – 4:13 PM, May 7

    Madurai's Chithirai festival peaks on the Chitra full moon of the Tamil month Chithirai with the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar.

  • Skanda Shashthi Vrat

    Thursday, 28 May 2020 Shashthi

    Tithi 12:33 AM, May 28 – 11:36 PM, May 28

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

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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.