Harvest · 2027
The panchang rule
A four-day Tamil solar harvest festival beginning when the Sun enters Capricorn (Makara) and Uttarayana commences — the same solar transit as Makar Sankranti. It opens on the first day of the Tamil month Thai. Being solar, it falls on a near-fixed date in mid-January.
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Pongal falls on Friday, 15 January 2027.
Pongal is set by the panchang — A four-day Tamil solar harvest festival beginning when the Sun enters Capricorn (Makara) and Uttarayana commences — the same solar transit as Makar Sankranti. It opens on the first day of the Tamil month Thai. Being solar, it falls on a near-fixed date in mid-January.
Explore the significance, legends, rituals and deities; find the muhurat or read the day’s panchang, and bring the festival or vrat into your own practice. Arrange any pooja through the temple or provider.
