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January 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			Thu 1 Jan, New Year's Day (public holiday) English New Year Prathosam Sangabisekam Thiruvembavai 8 +2 more	Fri 2 Jan, Thiruvembavai 9	Sat 3 Jan, Arudra Dharshanam Pournami Utsavam	Sun 4 Jan, Nagar Abhisekam
5	Tue 6 Jan, Sang Chathurthi Utsavam	7	8	9	Sat 10 Jan, Thei Pirai Ashtami	11
12	13	Wed 14 Jan, Ekadhasi	Thu 15 Jan, Magara Sankranthi Thai Pongal	Fri 16 Jan, Prathosam	Sat 17 Jan, Hanuman Homam	Sun 18 Jan, Abirami Pattar Utsavam Gayathri Abhisekam Thai Amavasai
19	20	21	Thu 22 Jan, Chathurthi Utsavam	23	Sat 24 Jan, S.Shasti Utsavam	25
Mon 26 Jan, Australia Day (public holiday)	Tue 27 Jan, Karthigai Utsavam	28	Thu 29 Jan, Ekadhasi	Fri 30 Jan, Kumbabhiseka Thinam Manavazhakolam Prathosam Samvathsarabhisekam +1 more	31

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February 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						Sun 1 Feb, Nagar Abhisekam Pournami Utsavam Thai Poosam
2	3	4	Thu 5 Feb, Sang Chathurthi Utsavam	6	7	8
Mon 9 Feb, Thei Pirai Ashtami	10	11	12	Fri 13 Feb, Ekadhasi	14	Sun 15 Feb, Gayathri Abhisekam Maha Shivarathri Prathosam
16	17	18	19	Fri 20 Feb, Chathurthi Utsavam	Sat 21 Feb, Chathurthi Vratham Hanuman Homam	Sun 22 Feb, S.Shasti Utsavam
23	Tue 24 Feb, Karthigai Utsavam	25	26	Fri 27 Feb, Ekadhasi	Sat 28 Feb, Pillaiyar Eka Dina Latcharchanai

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March 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						Sun 1 Mar, Nagar Abhisekam Prathosam
Mon 2 Mar, Nadesar Abhisekam	Tue 3 Mar, Maasi Magam Pournami Utsavam	4	5	6	Sat 7 Mar, Maha Homam Sang Chathurthi Utsavam	8
Mon 9 Mar, Labour Day (public holiday)	10	Wed 11 Mar, Thei Pirai Ashtami	12	13	14	Sun 15 Mar, Ekadhasi Gayathri Abhisekam
Mon 16 Mar, Prathosam	17	18	19	Fri 20 Mar, Ugadi	Sat 21 Mar, Hanuman Homam	Sun 22 Mar, Chathurthi Utsavam
Mon 23 Mar, Karthigai Utsavam	Tue 24 Mar, S.Shasti Utsavam	25	26	27	28	Sun 29 Mar, Ekadhasi
Mon 30 Mar, Prathosam	31

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April 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		Wed 1 Apr, Panguni Uthiram Pournami Utsavam	2	Fri 3 Apr, Good Friday (public holiday)	Sat 4 Apr, Easter Saturday (public holiday)	Sun 5 Apr, Easter Sunday (public holiday) Nagar Abhisekam Sang Chathurthi Utsavam
Mon 6 Apr, Easter Monday (public holiday)	7	8	9	Fri 10 Apr, Thei Pirai Ashtami	Sat 11 Apr, Hanuman Homam	Sun 12 Apr, Gayathri Abhisekam
Mon 13 Apr, Ekadhasi	Tue 14 Apr, Mesha Sangranthi Tamil New Year Vishu	Wed 15 Apr, Prathosam	Thu 16 Apr, Mahotsava Poorvangam	Fri 17 Apr,Mahotsavam Flag Hoisting Mahotsavam Day 1 - Flag Hoisting	Sat 18 Apr,Mahotsavam, Mahotsavam Day 2	Sun 19 Apr,Mahotsavam, Karthigai Utsavam Mahotsavam Day 3
Mon 20 Apr,Mahotsavam Chathurthi Utsavam Mahotsavam Day 4	Tue 21 Apr,Mahotsavam, Mahotsavam Day 5	Wed 22 Apr,Mahotsavam, Mahotsavam Day 6 S.Shasti Utsavam	Thu 23 Apr,Mahotsavam, Mahotsavam Day 7	Fri 24 Apr,Mahotsavam, Mahotsavam Day 8 Sagopura Thiruvizha	Sat 25 Apr,Mahotsavam, Anzac Day (public holiday) Mahotsavam Day 9 Ther (Chariot Festival)	Sun 26 Apr,Mahotsavam, Mahotsavam Day 10 Theertham
Mon 27 Apr, Ekadhasi	Tue 28 Apr, Bairavar Madai	Wed 29 Apr, Prathosam	30

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May 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				Fri 1 May, Chithira Pournami Utsavam Thirukalyanam	2	Sun 3 May, Nagar Abhisekam
Mon 4 May, Agni Naal Starts	Tue 5 May, Sang Chathurthi Utsavam	6	7	8	Sat 9 May, Nadesar Abhisekam Thei Pirai Ashtami	10
Mon 11 May, Navakkarasar Guru Pooja	12	Wed 13 May, Ekadhasi	Thu 14 May, Prathosam	15	Sat 16 May, Hanuman Homam	Sun 17 May, Gayathri Abhisekam Karthigai Utsavam
18	Tue 19 May, Chathurthi Utsavam	20	Thu 21 May, S.Shasti Utsavam	22	Sat 23 May, Subramanyar Eka Dina Latcharchanai	24
25	26	Wed 27 May, Ekadhasi	Thu 28 May, Agni Naal Ends Prathosam	29	Sat 30 May, Pournami Utsavam Vaikasi Visakam	31

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June 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	Tue 2 Jun, Thirugnanasambanthar Gurupoojai	3	Thu 4 Jun, Sang Chathurthi Utsavam	5	6	Sun 7 Jun, Nagar Abhisekam
Mon 8 Jun, King's Birthday (public holiday) Thei Pirai Ashtami	9	10	Thu 11 Jun, Ekadhasi	12	Sat 13 Jun, Karthigai Utsavam Prathosam	14
15	Tue 16 Jun, Lalitha Sahasranamam 1	Wed 17 Jun, Lalitha Sahasranamam 2	Thu 18 Jun, Chathurthi Utsavam Lalitha Sahasranamam 3	Fri 19 Jun, Lalitha Sahasranamam 4 Manikkavasagar Gurupoojai	Sat 20 Jun, Lalitha Sahasranamam 5 S.Shasti Utsavam	Sun 21 Jun, Gayathri Abhisekam Lalitha Sahasranamam 6
Mon 22 Jun, Aani Uththaram Lalitha Sahasranamam 7 Nadesar Abhisekam	Tue 23 Jun, Lalitha Sahasranamam 8	Wed 24 Jun, Lalitha Sahasranamam 9 Yaga Poorthi	Thu 25 Jun, Ekadhasi Lalitha Sahasranamam 10 Sahasranamam Poorthi	26	Sat 27 Jun, Hanuman Homam Prathosam	28
Mon 29 Jun, Pournami Utsavam	30

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July 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	Fri 3 Jul, Sang Chathurthi Utsavam	4	Sun 5 Jul, Nagar Abhisekam
6	Tue 7 Jul, Thei Pirai Ashtami	8	9	Fri 10 Jul, Karthigai Utsavam	Sat 11 Jul, Ekadhasi	Sun 12 Jul, Prathosam
13	14	15	16	Fri 17 Jul, Chathurthi Utsavam	Sat 18 Jul, Hanuman Homam	Sun 19 Jul, Gayathri Abhisekam S.Shasti Utsavam
20	Tue 21 Jul, Aadichevvai 1	Wed 22 Jul, Suntharar Gurupoojai	23	24	Sat 25 Jul, Ekadhasi	26
Mon 27 Jul, Prathosam	Tue 28 Jul, Aadichevvai 2	Wed 29 Jul, Pournami Utsavam	30	31

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August 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1	Sun 2 Aug, Nagar Abhisekam S.Sang Chathurthi Utsavam
Mon 3 Aug, Aadi Perukku	Tue 4 Aug, Aadi Chevvai 3	5	Thu 6 Aug, Thei Pirai Ashtami	Fri 7 Aug, Karthigai Utsavam	8	Sun 9 Aug, Ekadhasi
Mon 10 Aug, Prathosam	Tue 11 Aug, Aadi Chevvai 4 Durga Sangabhisekam	Wed 12 Aug, Aadi Amavasai	13	Fri 14 Aug, Aadi Pooram	Sat 15 Aug, Hanuman Homam	Sun 16 Aug, Chathurthi Utsavam Gayathri Abhisekam Nagar Chathurthi Nagar Homam +1 more
17	Tue 18 Aug, S.Shasti Utsavam	19	20	21	22	Sun 23 Aug, Aavani Moolam Ekadhasi
24	Tue 25 Aug, Prathosam	Wed 26 Aug, Aavani Onam Nadesar Abhisekam	Thu 27 Aug, Pournami Utsavam	Fri 28 Aug, Rig/Yajur Upakarma Sri Varalakshmi Viratham	Sat 29 Aug, Panchamuga Eka Dina Latcharchanai	30
Mon 31 Aug, S.Sang Chathurthi Utsavam

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September 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	Thu 3 Sept, Karthigai Utsavam	Fri 4 Sept, Sri Bavanothsavam Poorvangam Sri Krishna Jayanthi Thei Pirai Ashtami	Sat 5 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam Sri Bavanothsavam Day 1	Sun 6 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam, Nagar Abhisekam Sri Bavanothsavam Day 2
Mon 7 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam Ekadhasi Sri Bavanothsavam Day 3	Tue 8 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam, Prathosam Sri Bavanothsavam Day 4	Wed 9 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam, Sri Bavanothsavam Day 5	Thu 10 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam, Sri Bavanothsavam Day 6	Fri 11 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam, Sri Bavanothsavam Day 7 Theppothsavam	Sat 12 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam, Mruga Yatra Utsavam Sri Bavanothsavam Day 8	Sun 13 Sept,Sri Bavanothsavam, Sri Bavanothsavam Day 9 Travya Maha Yagam Yaga Poorthi
Mon 14 Sept, Aavani Chathurthi Utsavam (Vinayagar Chathurthi)	15	Wed 16 Sept, S.Shasti Utsavam	17	18	Sat 19 Sept, Purattasi Sani 1-Homam	Sun 20 Sept, Gayathri Abhisekam
21	Tue 22 Sept, Ekadhasi	23	Thu 24 Sept, Prathosam . Times and details	Fri 25 Sept, Friday before the AFL Grand Final (public holiday) Nadesar Abhisekam . Times and details	Sat 26 Sept, Hanuman Homam Pournami Utsavam Purattasi Sani 2-Abhisekam . Times and details	Sun 27 Sept,Mahalaya Paksham Mahalaya Paksham Starts . Times and details
28Mahalaya Paksham	29	Wed 30 Sept,Mahalaya Paksham, Karthigai Utsavam Sang Chathurthi Utsavam . Times and details

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October 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1Mahalaya Paksham	2	Sat 3 Oct,Mahalaya Paksham, Purattasi Sani 3-Abhisekam Thei Pirai Ashtami . Times and details	Sun 4 Oct,Mahalaya Paksham, Nagar Abhisekam . Times and details
5Mahalaya Paksham	Tue 6 Oct,Mahalaya Paksham, Ekadhasi	7	Thu 8 Oct,Mahalaya Paksham, Prathosam . Times and details	9	Sat 10 Oct,Mahalaya Paksham, Mahalaya Amavasai Purattasi Sani 4-Homam . Times and details	Sun 11 Oct,Navarathri Festival Navarathri Day 1 . Times and details
Mon 12 Oct,Navarathri Festival Navarathri Day 2 . Times and details	Tue 13 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Navarathri Day 3 . Times and details	Wed 14 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Chathurthi Utsavam Navarathri Day 4 . Times and details	Thu 15 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Navarathri Day 5 . Times and details	Fri 16 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Navarathri Day 6 . Times and details	Sat 17 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Navarathri Day 7 Purattasi Sani 5-Abhisekam . Times and details	Sun 18 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Gayathri Abhisekam Navarathri Day 8 . Times and details
Mon 19 Oct,Navarathri Festival Navarathri Day 9 . Times and details	Tue 20 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Chandi Homam Navarathri Day . Times and details	Wed 21 Oct,Navarathri Festival, Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 1 Vijaya Thasami . Times and details	Thu 22 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham Ekadhasi Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 2 . Times and details	Fri 23 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Aipasi Velli 1 Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 3 . Times and details	Sat 24 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Hanuman Homam Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 4 Prathosam . Times and details	Sun 25 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 5 Pournami Utsavam . Times and details
Mon 26 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham Annabhisekam Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 6 . Times and details	Tue 27 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 7 Maha Bharani . Times and details	Wed 28 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Karthigai Utsavam Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 8 . Times and details	Thu 29 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 9 Sang. Chathurthi Utsavam . Times and details	Fri 30 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Aipasi Velli 2 Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 10 . Times and details	Sat 31 Oct,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 11 . Times and details

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November 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						Sun 1 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 12 Nagar Abhisekam Thei Pirai Ashtami . Times and details
Mon 2 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 13 . Times and details	Tue 3 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Melbourne Cup (public holiday) Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 14 . Times and details	Wed 4 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 15 . Times and details	Thu 5 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Ekadhasi Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 16 . Times and details	Fri 6 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Aipasi Velli 3 Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 17 Prathosam . Times and details	Sat 7 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 18 . Times and details	Sun 8 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham, Deepavali Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 19 . Times and details
Mon 9 Nov,Kethara Gowri Viratham Kethara Gowry Vratham Day 20 / 21 . Times and details	Tue 10 Nov,Skantha Shasti Festival Skantha Shasty Day 1 . Times and details	Wed 11 Nov,Skantha Shasti Festival, Skantha Shasty Day 2 . Times and details	Thu 12 Nov,Skantha Shasti Festival, Skantha Shasty Day 3 . Times and details	Fri 13 Nov,Skantha Shasti Festival, Aipasi Velli 4 Chathurthi Utsavam Skantha Shasty Day 4 . Times and details	Sat 14 Nov,Skantha Shasti Festival, Skantha Shasty Day 5 . Times and details	Sun 15 Nov,Skantha Shasti Festival, Gayathri Abhisekam Skantha Shasty Day 6 Soora Samharam . Times and details
Mon 16 Nov,Skantha Shasti Festival Paranai/Thirukalyanam . Times and details	17	18	19	20	Sat 21 Nov, Ekadhasi Hanuman Homam . Times and details	Sun 22 Nov, Prathosam . Times and details
Mon 23 Nov, Karthika Somavaram	Tue 24 Nov, Karthigai Utsavam Kumaralaya Deepam Pournami Utsavam Sarvalaya Deepam +1 more . Times and details	Wed 25 Nov,Pillayar Kathai Festival Pillaiyar Kathai Day 1 . Times and details	Thu 26 Nov,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 2 . Times and details	Fri 27 Nov,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 3 Sang. Chathurthi Utsavam . Times and details	Sat 28 Nov,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 4 . Times and details	Sun 29 Nov,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 5 . Times and details
Mon 30 Nov,Pillayar Kathai Festival Karthika Somavaram Pillaiyar Kathai Day 6 . Times and details

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December 2026

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	Tue 1 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival Pillaiyar Kathai Day 7 Thei Pirai Ashtami . Times and details	Wed 2 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 8 . Times and details	Thu 3 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 9 . Times and details	Fri 4 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Ekadhasi Pillaiyar Kathai Day 10 . Times and details	Sat 5 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 11 . Times and details	Sun 6 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Nagar Abhisekam Pillaiyar Kathai Day 12 Prathosam . Times and details
Mon 7 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival Karthika Somavaram Pillaiyar Kathai Day 13 . Times and details	Tue 8 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 14 . Times and details	Wed 9 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 15 . Times and details	Thu 10 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 16 . Times and details	Fri 11 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 17 . Times and details	Sat 12 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 18 . Times and details	Sun 13 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Chathurththi Utsavam Pillaiyar Kathai Day 19 . Times and details
Mon 14 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival Kaja Muga Samhaaram Karthika Somavaram Pillaiyar Kathai Day 20 . Times and details	Tue 15 Dec,Pillayar Kathai Festival, Pillaiyar Kathai Day 21 S.Shasti Utsavam . Times and details	Wed 16 Dec, Thiruvembavai 1	Thu 17 Dec, Thiruvembavai 2	Fri 18 Dec, Thiruvembavai 3	Sat 19 Dec, Hanuman Homam Thiruvembavai 4	Sun 20 Dec, Gayathri Abhisekam Thiruvembavai 5 Vaikunta Ekadhasi
Mon 21 Dec, Thiruvembavai 6	Tue 22 Dec, Prathosam Thiruvembavai 7	Wed 23 Dec, Pournami Utsavam Thiruvembavai 8	Thu 24 Dec, Thiruvembavai 9	Fri 25 Dec, Christmas Day (public holiday) Aarudra Dharshanam Nadesar Abhisekam Thiruvembavai 10 +1 more	Sat 26 Dec, Boxing Day (public holiday)	Sun 27 Dec, Sang. Chathurthi Utsavam
Mon 28 Dec, Boxing Day (additional day) (public holiday)	29	Wed 30 Dec, Thei Pirai Ashtami	31

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