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Thai Pongal (
Tamil: taippongal) is a Tamil harvest festival. Thai Pongal is a four day festival which according to the
Gregorian calendar is normally celebrated from
January 13 to
January 16, but sometimes it is celebrated from
January 14 to
January 17.[1] This corresponds to the last day of the
Tamil month Maargazhi to the third day of the Tamil month
Thai.
Thai Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by
Tamil people[2][3] in the
Indian state of
Tamil Nadu, the
Indian Union Territory of
Puducherry,[
4][5]
Sri Lanka,[
6][7][8] as well as
Tamils worldwide, including those in
Malaysia,[9][10]
Mauritius,
South Africa,[11][12]
USA,
Singapore,[13]
Canada[14][15] and UK.[16] Thai Pongal corresponds to
Makara Sankranthi, the winter harvest festival celebrated throughout
India.Sankranti (Sanskrit: संक्रान्ति saṁkrānti) means transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi (constellation of the zodiac in
Indian astronomy) to the next.[1] Hence, there are 12 Sankrantis in a year.[2] Each Sankranti is marked as the beginning of a month in the sidereal solar calendars followed in
Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,
Kerala,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Gujarat. On the other hand, in the sidereal solar
Bengali calendar and
Assamese calendar, a Sankranti is marked as the end of each month and the day following as the beginning of a new month.
Important Sankrantis[edit]
Makar Sankranti:
Marks the transition of the Sun into
Makara rashi (
Capricorn) on its celestial path, and the six-month Uttarayana period.[3]
Makara Sankranti is also called as Uttarayana - the day on which the sun begins his northward journey The traditional
Indian calendar is based on lunar positions, Sankranti is a solar event. The date of Makar Sankranti remains constant over a long term,
14 January or occasionally,
15 January as the Sun begins to rise in Makara
Rashi.
Mesha Sankranti: Marks the beginning of the
New Year in the traditional
Hindu Solar Calendar. On this day, the sun enters the sidereal
Aries, or
Mesha rashi. It generally falls on 14/15 April.
Regional New Year festivals also take place on this day: Vaisakhi in the
Punjab region,
Pana Sankranti in Odisha and on the day after Mesha Sankranti,
Pohela Boishakh in the
Bengal region.
Dhanu Sankranti: celebrated on the first day of lunar Pausha month.[4] In
Southern Bhutan and
Nepal it is celebrated by eating wild potatoes (tarul)
Karka Sankranti : July 16, marks the transition of the Sun into Karka rashi (
Cancer). This also marks the end of the six-month Uttarayana period of
Hindu calendar, and the beginning of Dakshinayana, which itself end at Makar Sankranti.[3]
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