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The Tamil calendar is a used by the .S.K. Chatterjee, Indian Calendric System, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1998Sewell, Robert and Dikshit, Sankara B.: The Indian Calendar – with tables for the conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan into a.d. dates, and vice versa. Motilal Banarsidass Publ., Delhi, India (1995). Originally published in 1896 It is used in the Indian subcontinent, and other countries with significant Tamil population like , , , and . It is used in contemporary times for cultural, religious and agricultural events, with the Gregorian calendar largely used for official purposes.Indian Epigraphy, D.C. Sircar, TamilNet, Tamil New Year, 13 April 2008

History
There are several references to the calendar in early . , the author of the Neṭunalvāṭai, wrote in the third century CE that the Sun travels each year from Mesha/ in mid-April through 11 successive signs of the zodiac. The same is referenced to by Kūdalūr Kiḻar in Puṟanāṉūṟu. Tolkappiyam, the oldest surviving Tamil grammar text, divides the year into six seasons and Chittirai marks the start of the "ilavenil" (summer) season. The fifth century CE treatise of mentions the 12 rāśis (zodiac signs) that correspond to the Tamil months. The sixth century epic alludes to this to the Hindu solar calendar.

Inscriptional evidences from Pagan in Myanmar from the 11th century CE and in Sukhothai in Thailand from the 14th century CE point to South Indian courtiers being tasked with defining the traditional calendar that followed a similar cycle.

Description
The Tamil calendar is based on the Hindu system of calendrics that was used to calculate date and time. The Tirukkanida derived from astronomical data is used as a basis for the same. The calendar is similar to traditional calendars followed in other parts of the Indian subcontinent, and .

The Tamil calendar follows a 60-year cycle similar to the other traditional calendars of India. The follows the , and usually falls on 13 or 14 April in the Gregorian year. The new year starts on the date arrived by adding the days corresponding to the 23 degrees of trepidation (oscillation) to the , when the Sun begins its transition as per the Hindu sidereal calendar. A Tamil calendar year might consist of 365 or 366 days in a year.

Sixty-year cycle
The 60-year cycle is common to Hindu traditional calendars, with similar names and sequence of years. The earliest reference of the same is in , dated between 4th and 9th century CE. There are parallels to the used in the , though which influenced the other has been subject to debate.

After the completion of a cycle of sixty years, the calendar re-starts with the first year of a new cycle. As per the Hindu , it represents the year in which (which takes 30 years to complete one cycle round the Sun) and () (which takes 12 years to complete one cycle round the Sun) come to a same position after 60 years.

The following list presents the current 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar:

01.பிரபவPrabhāva1987–1988 31.ஹேவிளம்பிHēvilaṃbi2017–2018
02.விபவVibhāva1988–1989 32.விளம்பிVilaṃbi2018–2019
03.சுக்லŚuklā1989–1990 33.விகாரிVikāri2019–2020
04.பிரமோதூதPramadutā1990–1991 34.சார்வரிŚarvarī2020–2021
05.பிரசோற்பத்திPrachopati1991–1992 35.பிலவPlava2021–2022
06.ஆங்கீரசĀṅgirasa1992–1993 36.சுபகிருதுŚubhakṛt2022–2023
07.ஸ்ரீமுகŚrīmukha1993–1994 37.சோபக்ருத்Śobhakṛt2023–2024
08.பவBhava1994–1995 38.க்ரோதிKrodhī2024–2025
09.யுவYuva1995–1996 39.விசுவாசுவViśvāvasuva2025–2026
10.தாதுDhātu1996–1997 40.பரபாவParapāva2026–2027
11.ஈஸ்வரĪśvara1997–1998 41.ப்லவங்கPlavaṅga2027–2028
12.வெகுதானியVehudānya1998–1999 42.கீலகKīlaka2028–2029
13.பிரமாதிPramāti1999–2000 43.சௌம்யSaumya2029–2030
14.விக்ரமVikrama2000–2001 44.சாதாரணSādhāraṇa2030–2031
15.விஷுViṣu2001–2002 45.விரோதகிருதுVirodhikṛti2031–2032
16.சித்திரபானுCitrabhānu2002–2003 46.பரிதாபிParitapi2032–2033
17.சுபானுSubhānu2003–2004 47.பிரமாதீசPramādīca2033–2034
18.தாரணDhārana2004–2005 48.ஆனந்தĀnanda2034–2035
19.பார்த்திபPartibhā2005–2006 49.ராட்சசRākṣasaḥ2035–2036
20.வியViya2006–2007 50.நளNala2036–2037
21.சர்வஜித்Sarvajit2007–2008 51.பிங்களPiṅgāla2037–2038
22.சர்வதாரிSarvadhārī2008–2009 52.காளயுக்திKālayukti2038–2039
23.விரோதிVirodhī2009–2010 53.சித்தார்த்திSiddhidātrī2039–2040
24.விக்ருதிVikṛti2010–2011 54.ரௌத்திரிRautrī2040–2041
25.கரKara2011–2012 55.துன்மதிDhūnmatī2041–2042
26.நந்தனNandhana2012–2013 56.துந்துபிDundubhi2042–2043
27.விஜயVijaya2013–2014 57.ருத்ரோத்காரிRudhirōtgāri2043–2044
28.ஜயJaya2014–2015 58.ரக்தாட்சிRākṣasī2044–2045
29.மன்மதManmatha2015–2016 59.க்ரோதனKrodhanā2045–2046
30.துன்முகிDhuṇmūkī2016–2017 60.அட்சயAkṣayā2046–2047

Months
There are twelve months in the Tamil calendar, with 29 to 32 days per month. Tamil months start and end based on the Sun's shift from one rasi to the other, and the names of the months are based on the (star) that coincides with the start of the (full moon) in that month. The Tamil calendar month starts a few days after the corresponding month as the Tamil calendar is a , while the other is a calendar.

சித்திரைApril–May30–31
வைகாசிVisakamMay–June31–32
ஆனிĀniAnushamJune–July31–32
ஆடிĀdi or July–August31–32
ஆவணிĀvaṇiShravanaAugust–September31–32
புரட்டாசி or UthiratathiSeptember–October30–31
ஐப்பசிOctober–November29–30
கார்த்திகைKartikaKartikaiNovember–December29–30
மார்கழிMirgashirshamDecember–January29–30
தைTaiJanuary–February29–30
மாசிMāsiMaghaMaghamFebruary–March29–30
பங்குனிMarch–April30–31

Seasons
A Tamil year is divided into six seasons, each of which lasts two months.

April–June
June–August
August–October
October–December
December–February
February–April

Days of a week
The days of week (Kiḻamai) in the Tamil calendar relate to the celestial bodies in the : , , , Mercury, , , and , in that order. A week usually starts with Sunday, and ends in a Saturday.

ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமைNyayitru-kiḻamaiRavivāra
திங்கட்கிழமைTingat-kiḻamaiSomavāra
செவ்வாய்க்கிழமைChevvai-kiḻamaiMangalavāra
புதன்கிழமைBudhan-kiḻamaiBudhavāraMercury
வியாழக்கிழமைVyaḻa-kiḻamaiGuruvāra
வெள்ளிக்கிழமைVelli-kiḻamaiŚukravāra
சனிக்கிழமைSani-kiḻamaiŚanivāra

Significance
The various days and months of the Tamil Calendar are of specific significance to . The Vakiya Panchangam is employed for calculation of sacred days, while the Tirugaṇita Panchangam is employed for calculations.

The months and their significant events and festivals are listed below.

! Month ! Events/festivals

Chitra Pournami, Meenakshi Tirukalyanam,
AaniAani Thirumanjanam,
ĀadiChevvai (Tuesdays) and Velli (Fridays) dedicated to ; , ,
Āvaṇi, ,
Shani (Saturdays) dedicated to ;
Thingal (Mondays) dedicated to ; ,
, , Vaikuntha Ekadasi
(2018). 9780975788332, Relianz Communications Pty Ltd. .
ThaiPongal,
Māsi, ,
,

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