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Aadi – Aavani · Manmatha

Tamil Calendar August 2016

August 2016 · 31 days

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Tamil months in August 2016

Aadi 16 Jul – 16 Aug 2016

Aavani 17 Aug – 16 Sep 2016 Begins · Wed 17 Aug

August 2016 corresponds to Aadi – Aavani. Aadi is the month of restraint: weddings pause, Aadi Perukku on the 18th honours the rivers in spate, Aadi Amavasai remembers ancestors, and the Aadi discount season for gold and silk is a Tamil Nadu institution. Major observances: Hariyali Teej (Aug 5), Nag Panchami (Aug 8), Varalakshmi Vrat (Aug 12). Day quality across 31 days: 1 highly auspicious, 7 favourable, 14 mixed. Ekadashi vrats: Aug 14, Aug 28. New to the Vedic calendar? See how it works.

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18 observances in August

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1 Chaturdashi Masik Shivaratri 2 Amavasya Amavasya 3 Pratipada 4 Dwitiya 5 Tritiya 6 Chaturthi Vinayaka Chaturthi 7 Panchami 8 Panchami Nag Panchami 9 Shashthi 10 Saptami 11 Ashtami 12 Navami Varalakshmi Vrat 13 Dashami 14 Ekadashi Shravana Putrada Ekadashi

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15 Dwadashi Independence Day +1 more Independence Day Shukla Pradosh Vrat 16 Trayodashi Simha Sankranti 17 Chaturdashi Aavani begins 18 Purnima Raksha Bandhan Gayatri Jayanti Purnima Vrat 19 Pratipada 20 Dwitiya 21 Tritiya Sankashti Chaturthi 22 Panchami 23 Shashthi 24 Saptami 25 Ashtami Krishna Janmashtami 26 Navami 27 Dashami 28 Ekadashi Aja Ekadashi 29 Dwadashi Krishna Pradosh Vrat 30 Trayodashi Masik Shivaratri 31 Chaturdashi Amavasya

1 Mon Masik Shivaratri 2 Tue Amavasya 6 Sat Vinayaka Chaturthi 8 Mon Nag Panchami 12 Fri Varalakshmi Vrat 14 Sun Shravana Putrada Ekadashi

Independence Day

15 Mon Independence Day Shukla Pradosh Vrat 16 Tue Simha Sankranti 18 Thu Raksha Bandhan Gayatri Jayanti Purnima Vrat 21 Sun Sankashti Chaturthi 25 Thu Krishna Janmashtami 28 Sun Aja Ekadashi 29 Mon Krishna Pradosh Vrat 30 Tue Masik Shivaratri 31 Wed Amavasya

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