Hindu Festivals/ Holidays in year SarvadhAri 2009 - 2010

Festivals in Hindu Solar year virOdhi April 2009 - April 2010

April 2009
Sun		05	12	19	26
Mon		06 chennai - mayilai kapAlIswarar thEr	13 (poyyaDimai illAdha pulavar, paththarAi paNivArgaL, paramanaiyE pADuvAr, chiththaththaich chivanpAl vaiththAr, thiruvArUrp piRandhAr, muppOdhum thirumEni thINDuvAr, muzunIRu pUchiya munivar, appAlum aDichchArndhAr)	20 thirun^Avukkarachu n^AyanAr guru pUjai	27 maNgaiyarkkarachiyAr nAyanAr guru pUjai
Tue		07 pradhOsham, chennai - mayilai kapAlIswarar 63-var ulA	14 sauramAna ugAdhi , Solar new year , Tamil, Malayalam and Tulu new year (VirOdhi) , viShu thillaivAzandhaNar gurupUjai	21	28
Wed	01	08 paNguni uththiram, kalyANa vratam	15	22 pradhOsham	29 viRanmiNda nAyanAr guru pUjai, cIrkAzhi thirumulaippAl uRchavam, shankara jayanthi
Thu	02 gaNanAtha nAyanAr gurupUjai	09 kAnychi eAkAmparan^Athar panycha mUrththi uRchavam	16	23 shivarAtri	30
Fri	03 rAma navami kAnychi srIeAkAmparanAthar 63var ulA; evening - veLLi ratham	10	17	24
Sat	04 munaiyaduvAr nAyanAr gurupUjai	11 kAraikkAl ammaiyAr gurupUjai	18 n^atarAjar abhishEkam	25 chiRuththoNda nAyanAr guru pUjai, thiruchengkAttangkuDi amudhu paDaiyal

May 2009
Sun	31 vrishabha vratam	03	10	17	24
Mon		04	11	18	25
Tue		05	12	19	26
Wed		06 pradhOsham, umApathi sivAchAriyAr gurupUjai	13	20	27 nARaiyUr SrInambiyANDAr nambi gurupUjai
Thu		07 isainyAniyAr nAyanAr guru pUjai	14	21	28 naminandhi adikaL nAyanAr gurupUjai , chEkkizAr perumAn gurupUjai
Fri	01	08 thirukkuRipputh thoNda nAyanAr guru pUjai, chithrA PourNami	15	22 pradhOsham, shivarAtri	29 chOmAchi mARa nAyanAr gurupUjai
Sat	02	09	16	23 kazaRchiNga nAyanAr guru pUjai	30

June 2009
Sun		07	14	21 shivarAtri	28 amarnIthi nAyanAr gurupUjai , natarAjar abhishEkam
Mon	01	08	15 pattIchcharam muththu pandhal	22	29 natarAjar Aniththirumanjchanam
Tue	02	09 AchchALpuram pUrNAmbikA samEdha thirunyAnachambandar thirukkalyANam, thirunyAnachampan^dha n^AyanAr guru pUjai, thirunIlanakka nAyanAr guru pUjai, thirunIlakaNda yAzpANa nAyanAr guru pUjai, muruga nAyanAr guru pUjai	16	23	30
Wed	03	10	17	24
Thu	04	11	18	25
Fri	05 pradhOsham, vaikAsi vishAkam	12	19	26
Sat	06	13	20 pradhOsham	27 mANikka vAchakar gurupUjai

July 2009
Sun		05	12	19 pradhOsham	26
Mon		06 aruNagirinAthar guru pUjai	13	20 kURRuva nAyanAr gurupUjai ; shivarAtri	27
Tue		07	14 EyarkOn kalikkAma nAyanAr gurupUjai	21 ADi amAvAsai	28 perumizalaik kuRumba nAyanAr gurupUjai
Wed	01	08	15	22	29 chun^dharamUrthi n^AyanAr gurupUjai, kAnychi eAkAmparan^Athar kOilil sundaramUrthy n^AyanAr veLLai yAnai uRchavam, kazaRiRRaRivAr nAyanAr gurupUjai
Thu	02	09	16	23	30
Fri	03	10	17	24	31
Sat	04 pradhOsham	11	18	25 ADi pUram

August 2009
Sun	30 AvaNi mUlam (piTTuth thirunAL)	02	09	16	23 sAmavEdha upAkarma
Mon	31	03 pradhOsham; ADi (18-m) perukku	10	17	24
Tue		04 pattinaththAr (thiruveNkAttadikaL) gurupUjai	11	18 pradhOsham; shivarAtri	25
Wed		05	12	19	26
Thu		06 gAyathri japam AvaNi avittam	13	20 iLaiyAnkudimARa nAyanAr gurupUjai	27 kulachchiRai nAyanAr gurupUjai
Fri		07	14 mUrthi nAyanAr gurupUjai, pukazch chOza nAyanAr gurupUjai	21	28
Sat	01 kaliya nAyanAr gurupUjai, kOtpuli nAyanAr gurupUjai	08	15	22 maRainyAnasambhandhar gurupUjai	29 kuNgiliyak kalaya nAyanAr gurupUjai; starting of kEdhAra vrata

September 2009
Sun		06	13	20	27
Mon		07	14	21	28 EnAthinAtha nAyanAr gurupUjai, vaLLalAr gurupUjai; vijaya dhasami
Tue	01	08	15 cheruththuNai nAyanAr gurupUjai	22	29
Wed	02 pradhOsham; ONam Festival	09	16 pukazththuNai nAyanAr gurupUjai, adhipaththa nAyanAr gurupUjai; pradhOsham	23	30
Thu	03 natarAjar abhishEkam	10	17 shivarAtri; kEdhAra vratasamAptham	24
Fri	04 umAmaheshwara viratam	11	18 mahALaya amAvAsai	25
Sat	05	12	19 Starting of navaratri, dasara	26 starting of kEdhAra vrata

October 2009
Sun		04	11	18 kEdhAra gaurI vrata	25
Mon		05 uruththira pachupathi nAyanAr gurupUjai; appaiya dIkshithar jayanti	12	19	26
Tue		06	13	20	27
Wed		07	14	21 pUchalAr nAyanAr gurupUjai	28
Thu	01 narachiNga munaiyaraiya nAyanAr gurupUjai; pradhOsham	08 thirunALaippOvAr nAyanAr gurupUjai	15 aruL n^an^dhi chivAchchAriyAr gurupUjai; pradhOsham	22	29
Fri	02 natarAjar abhishEkam	09	16 shivarAtri	23 aiyadikaL kAdavarkOn nAyanAr gurupUjai; skandha ShaShTi (sUrasamhAram)	30
Sat	03	10	17 deepAvaLi (Diwali)	24	31 pradhOsham

November 2009
Sun	01	08 chaththi nAyanAr gurupUjai	15 meykaNDAr gurupUjai ; shivarAtri	22	29 pradhOsham
Mon	02 thirumUla n^AyanAr gurupUjai; mahA annAbhishEkam	09	16	23 kArththikai 1st sOmavAra vratam
30 kArththikai 2nd sOmavAra vratam
Tue	03 ninRachIr nedumARa nAyanAr gurupUjai	10	17	24
Wed	04 idaNkazi nAyanAr gurupUjai	11	18	25
Thu	05	12	19 mUrgga nAyanAr gurupUjai	26
Fri	06	13	20 chiRappuli nAyanAr gurupUjai	27
Sat	07	14 pradhOsham	21	28

December 2009
Sun		06	13 pradhOsham	20	27
Mon		07 kArththikai 3rd sOmavAra vratam	14 kArththikai 4th sOmavAra vratam; shivarAtri	21	28
Tue	01 kaNampulla nAyanAr gurupUjai; thirukkArthikai - thiruvaNNAmalai kArthigai dhIpam	08	15	22	29 pradhOsham
Wed	02 umAhESwara vratam	09 meypporuL nAyanAr gurupUjai	16 dhanur mAdha pUjA Arambam	23	30
Thu	03	10 AnAya nAyanAr gurupUjai	17	24	31 chadaiya nAyanAr gurupUjai; natarAjar abhishEkam
Fri	04	11	18 chAkkiya nAyanAr gurupUjai	25 vaayilAr nAyanAr gurupUjai
Sat	05	12	19	26

January 2010
Sun	31	03	10	17	24
Mon		04	11	18 appUdhi adikaL nAyanAr gurupUjai	25
Tue		05	12 pradhOsham	19	26
Wed		06 iyarpakai nAyanAr gurupUjai	13 shivarAtri; bogi festival	20 kanjanUr haradattar ArAdhanai	27 kaNNappa nAyanAr gurupUjai; pradhOsham
Thu		07	14 makara shankarAnti, pongkal, uttarAyanam	21	28 arivAttAya nAyanAr gurupUjai
Fri	01 thiruvAdhirai - ArdrA dharshanam	08	15 shUla vratam, thai ammAvAsai	22 kalikkamba nAyanAr gurupUjai	19
Sat	02	09 mAnakkanychARa nAyanAr gurupUjai	16	23	30 thilakavadhiyAr gurupUjai; thaippUsam; chennai - mayilAppUr kapAlIswarar theppam

February 2010
Sun	28 mAsi maham; Holi Festival, kAma dhahanam, chennai - mayilAppUr kapAlIswarar kaDalATTu uRchavam	07	14	21
Mon	01	08	15	22
Tue	02 chaNdEsha n^AyanAr gurupUjai	09	16	23
Wed	03	10	17	24
Thu	04	11 pradhOsham	18	25
Fri	05	12 sAndhira mahAshivarAtri	19	26 pradhOsham
Sat	06 thirunIlakaNta nAyanAr gurupUjai, thAyumAnavar gurupUjai	13	20	27 natarAjar abhishEkam

March 2010
Sun		07	14 kOchcheNkatchOza nAyanAr gurupUjai	21 nEsa nAyanAr gurupUjai	28
Mon	01	08	15	22	29 kalyANa vratam, paNguni uththiram
Tue	02 eRipaththa nAyanAr gurupUjai	09	16 chAndramAna ugadi , lunar new year , Kannada, Telugu new year	23 gaNanAtha nAyanAr gurupUjai	30
Wed	03	10 kAri nAyanAr gurupUjai	17	24	31
Thu	04	11	18	25 munaiyaduvAr nAyanAr gurupUjai
Fri	05	12	19	26
Sat	06	13 pradhOsham, souramAna mahAshivarAtri	20	27 pradhOsham

April 2010 (till mid of the month)
Sun		04	11 pradhOsham	18	25
Mon		05	12 shivarAtri	19	26
Tue		06	13 (poyyaDimai illAdha pulavar, paththarAi paNivArgaL, paramanaiyE pADuvAr, chiththaththaich chivanpAl vaiththAr, thiruvArUrp piRandhAr, muppOdhum thirumEni thINDuvAr, muzunIRu pUchiya munivar, appAlum aDichchArndhAr)	20	27
Wed		07	14 thillaivAzandhaNar gurupUjai	21	28
Thu	01 kAraikkAl ammaiyAr gurupUjai	08	15	22	29
Fri	02	09	16	23	30
Sat	03	10 dhaNDiyaDikal gurupUjai	17	24

See Also:
1. Festivals of Last Year (SarvadhAri)
2. Excel sheet with nAyanmar gurupujai dates and other festivals

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