Tamil Calendar Todayதமிழ் நாட்காட்டி
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The month in the words of the Tamil calendar, worked out for your own place — tap a date for its panchangam.
The whole month
Working out the month…
Tamil festivals in 2026The whole year by month, dated for Chennai — a day can differ in your city
January8
- Arudra DarshanamMargazhi 19
- BhogiMargazhi 29
- PongalThai 1
- Mattu PongalThai 2
- Kaanum PongalThai 3
- Thai AmavasaiThai 5
- Ratha SaptamiThai 12
- Thai KrithigaiThai 14
February2
- Thai PoosamThai 19
- Maha ShivaratriMaasi 3
March2
- Masi MagamMaasi 19
- Rama NavamiPanguni 12
April3
- Panguni UthiramPanguni 18
- Tamil New YearChithirai 1
- Akshaya TritiyaChithirai 6
May2
- Chitra PournamiChithirai 18
- Vaikasi VisakamVaikasi 16
July1
- Guru PurnimaAadi 13
August6
- Aadi PerukkuAadi 18
- Aadi KrithigaiAadi 22
- Aadi AmavasaiAadi 27
- Aadi PooramAadi 29
- Nag PanchamiAavani 1
- Varalakshmi VratamAavani 5
September5
- GokulashtamiAavani 19
- Vinayagar ChaturthiAavani 29
- Purattasi SaturdayPurattasi 3
- Purattasi SaturdayPurattasi 10
- Pitru Paksha beginsPurattasi 11
October7
- Purattasi SaturdayPurattasi 17
- Mahalaya AmavasyaPurattasi 24
- Purattasi SaturdayPurattasi 24
- Navaratri beginsPurattasi 25
- Purattasi SaturdayPurattasi 31
- Durga AshtamiAippasi 2
- VijayadasamiAippasi 3
November6
- DeepavaliAippasi 22
- Skanda SashtiAippasi 29
- Karthigai MondayKarthigai 7
- Kartika PurnimaKarthigai 8
- Karthigai DeepamKarthigai 8
- Karthigai MondayKarthigai 14
December4
- Karthigai MondayKarthigai 21
- Karthigai MondayKarthigai 28
- Vaikunta EkadashiMargazhi 5
- Arudra DarshanamMargazhi 9
Today in ChennaiReference city · star, tithi, good times and the week ahead
Panchangam for Chennai
- Nakshatram
- Thiruvonam until 2:16 AM, TueMoon's star — Which of the 27 star-groups the Moon is passing through. It moves on about once a day; the one it was in when you were born is your birth star.
- Thithi
- Valarpirai Sapthami until 4:20 AM, TueLunar day — How far the Moon has pulled ahead of the Sun. Every 12° makes a new lunar day, so a month has thirty and one can begin at any hour. The day is named for the one in force at sunrise.
- Yogam
- Ganda until 7:15 AMSun and Moon together — The Sun's and the Moon's positions added together, counted in 27 steps. Each step has a name, and a few are ones people avoid for new starts.
- Karanam
- Gara until 3:14 PM, then VanijaHalf a lunar day — Each lunar day has two halves, each with a name of its own. Vishti, also called Bhadra, is the one people step around for new starts.
- Kizhamai
- Thingal (Monday)Weekday — The weekday, named for the planet that rules its first hour. In the panchang it changes at sunrise, not at midnight.
- Chandra Rasi
- Makaram until 3:30 PM, Tue
- Sunrise
- 6:09 AM
- Sunset
- 5:38 PM
Good times and times to avoid
- Rahu KalamAvoid7:35 AM – 9:01 AMavoid starting anything new
- YamagandamAvoid10:27 AM – 11:53 AMavoid travel and new starts
- KuligaiAvoid1:19 PM – 2:45 PMavoid beginnings — finishing is fine
- Abhijit MuhurthamGood time11:30 AM – 12:16 PMthe best window of the day to begin something
- Amirtha KalamGood time2:39 PM – 4:27 PMa sweet spot — a good time to start
- DurmuhurthamAvoid12:16 PM – 1:02 PMan off hour — leave big decisions for later
- DurmuhurthamAvoid2:34 PM – 3:20 PMan off hour — leave big decisions for later
- Brahma MuhurthamGood time4:33 AM – 5:21 AMthe quiet hour before dawn — the clearest time to study, pray or sit still
Nalla Neram (Gowri)
The good parts of the Gowri Panchangam, from Chennai’s own sunrise and sunset. All eight parts.
- Day · Amirdha6:09 AM – 7:35 AMnectar
- Day · Laabam10:27 AM – 11:53 AMgain
- Day · Dhanam11:53 AM – 1:19 PMwealth
- Day · Sugam1:19 PM – 2:45 PMease
- Day · Uthi4:11 PM – 5:38 PMeffort
- Night · Sugam5:38 PM – 7:11 PMease
- Night · Uthi8:45 PM – 10:19 PMeffort
- Night · Amirdha10:19 PM – 11:53 PMnectar
- Night · Laabam3:01 AM – 4:35 AMgain
- Night · Dhanam4:35 AM – 6:09 AMwealth
Festivals today
No festival falls today in the Tamil calendar.
The week ahead
- Aippasi 30NakshatramThiruvonamThithiValarpirai Sapthami
- Karthigai 1NakshatramAvittamThithiValarpirai Ashtami
- Karthigai 2NakshatramSathayamThithiValarpirai Navami
- Karthigai 3NakshatramPoorattathiThithiValarpirai Navami
- Karthigai 4NakshatramPoorattathiThithiValarpirai Dasami
- Karthigai 5NakshatramUthirattathiThithiValarpirai Ekadasi
- Karthigai 6NakshatramAswiniThithiValarpirai Thrayodasi
Star and tithi as they stand at sunrise in Chennai. Your own month.
Questions people ask
Is this Tamil calendar Vakyam or Thirukanitham?
Thirukanitham: the Sun and Moon are computed from a planetary ephemeris. Many printed Tamil calendars follow Vakyam, an older method from verse tables.
The two agree at new and full moon, but near the quarter moons Vakyam can run hours apart, so the star or tithi at sunrise differs on roughly one day in ten, and a Tamil month occasionally begins a day later in print.
When does a Tamil month begin?
On the day the Sun enters the next sign of the zodiac, when it enters before sunset; when it enters after sunset, the month begins the next day. That is why the first of a Tamil month moves between the 13th and the 18th of the English month.
What is Nalla Neram, and why is it different on printed sheets?
On a printed daily sheet, Nalla Neram is the publisher's own, nearly fixed table. Here it is the good parts of the Gowri Panchangam — Amirdha, Uthi, Laabam, Sugam and Dhanam — measured from the day's actual sunrise and sunset, so it moves with the season and with the place.
Why does Rahu Kalam change from city to city?
Rahu Kalam is one eighth of the daylight, counted from local sunrise, with the weekday choosing which eighth. Sunrise differs by place, so Chennai's Rahu Kalam differs from Coimbatore's by minutes and from a city abroad by hours. Open the home page to see it for your own place.