RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS – 2023

DATE DAY EVENT
1/1/2023 SUN NEW YEAR’S DAY
1/2/2023 MON VAIKUNTA EKADASHI
1/6/2023 FRI ARUDRA DARSANAM
1/8/2023 SUN AYYAPPA PADI POOJA
1/11/2023 WED BAGULA PANCHAMI
1/13/2023 FRI BHOGI,DHANURMASA POOJA ENDS, ANDAL KALYANOTHSAVAM
1/14/2023 SAT MAKARA SANKARANTHI, PONGAL, UTTARAYANA PUNYAKALAM
1/17/2023 TUE SANI PEYERCHE
1/27/2023 FRI RATHA SAPTHAMI
1/31/2023 TUE BHEESHMA EKADASI
2/4/2023 SAT THAI POOSAM
2/18/2023 SAT MAHA SHIVARATRI
2/26/2023 SUN Mruthyanjaya Homam
3/10/2023 FRI SHIVA BRAMOTSAVAM BEGINNING
3/11/2023 SAT RATHAYATHRA & KALYANOTHSAVAM
3/12/2023 SUN SHIVA BRAMOTSAVAM CONCLUSION
3/22/2023 WED CHANDRAMANA UGADI, VASANTHA NAVARATHRI BEGINNING
3/30/2023 THU SRI RAMANAVAMI
3/31/2023 FRI SRI RAMA KALYANOTHSAVAM
4/1/2023 SAT Ramatharaka Homam
4/1/2023 SAT SRI RAMA PATTABHISHEKAM
4/4/2023 TUE PANGUNI UTHIRAM
4/9/2023 SUN LAKSHMI SAHASRANAMA LAKSHARCHANA / LAKSHMI KALYANAM
4/14/2023 FRI TAMIL NEW YEAR / VISHU
4/16/2023 SUN Sri Suktha Homam
4/21/2023 FRI GURU PEYERCHE
4/24/2023 MON SHANKARA JAYANTHI
4/25/2023 TUE RAMANUJA JAYANTHI
5/4/2023 THU NARASIMHA JAYANTHI
5/13/2023 SAT MOTHER’S DAY
6/18/2023 SUN Navagraha Homam
7/2/2023 SUN GURU POURNAMI
7/17/2023 MON DAKSHINAYANA PUNYAKALAM
7/21/2023 FRI THIRU ADI POORAM
8/6/2023 SUN KAMAKSHI KALYANAM
8/25/2023 FRI VARAMAHALAKSHMI VRATHAM
8/29/2023 TUE THIRU ONAM
8/30/2023 WED YAJUR UPAKARMA
9/6/2023 WED SRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI/SRI JAYANTHI
9/10/2023 SUN Sudharshana Homam
9/17/2023 SUN PURATTASI CELEBRATIONS BEGIN
9/18/2023 MON GANESHA CHATURTHI
9/24/2023 SUN Ganapathi Homam
9/29/2023 FRI MAHALAYA PAKSHAM BEGINNING
10/14/2023 SAT Annular SOLAR ECLIPSE starts at 11.04 AM EDT and ends at 4.55 PM EDT
10/15/2023 SUN NAVARATHRI BEGINNING
10/22/2023 SUN DURGASHTAMI/SARASWATHI POOJA
10/23/2023 MON VENKATESHWARA JAYANTHI
10/23/2023 MON VIJAYADASAMI
10/27/2023 MON ANNABHISHEKAM
10/28/2023 SAT Partial LUNAR ECLIPSE starts at 2:00 PM EDT and ends at 6:28 PM
10/29/2023 SUN Chandi Homam
11/5/2023 SUN LALITHA SAHASRANAMA LAKSHARCHANA
11/12/2023 SUN DEEPAVALI
11/13/2023 MON SKANDA SHASHTI BEGINNING
11/16/2023 THU AYYAPPA MANDALA POOJA BEGINNING
11/18/2023 SAT SKANDA SHASHTI /SOORA SAMHARAM
11/19/2023 SUN MURUGAN KALYANOTHSAVAM
11/22/2023 THU VARSHIKOTHSAVAM THITHI DAY
11/25/2023 SAT VARSHIKOTHSAVAM CELEBRATION
11/26/2023 SUN KARTHIKAI DEEPAM/SAMOOHIKA SATHYANARAYANA POOJA
12/1/2023 FRI VISHNU BRAMOTHSAVAM BEGINNING
12/2/2023 SAT RATHOTHSAVAM & KALYANOTHSAVAM
12/3/2023 SUN VISHNU BRAMOTHSAVAM CONCLUSION
12/16/2023 SAT MARGAZHI CELEBRATION, DANURMASA POOJA BEGINNING
12/22/2023 FRI VAIKUNTA EKADASHI
12/27/2023 WED ARUDRA DARSANAM/AYYAPPA MANDALA POOJA ENDS
1/1/2024 MON NEW YEAR’S DAY