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Pongal 2025 is on January 14th, Tuesday.

The harvest festival of Pongal falls in the month of January after the winter solstice. The date of the festival is derived from the Solar Calendar hence it usually remains the same. For Hindus, the date of Pongal is extremely auspicious and astronomically significant. Around January 14, every year sun begins its six-months-long journey northwards or in Uttarayan and moves into the zodiac Capricorn or Makara Rashi. This celestial event is celebrated as Pongal in South India.

Pongal Festival marks the end of cold winter months and the advent of spring. From this time the length of days gradually increases in the Northern Hemisphere. The celebration of Pongal lasts for four days from the last day of the Tamil month Maargazhi (December-January) to the third day of Thai that is the month of January - February according to Western Calendar. It is the second and the main day of the festival that is celebrated as Pongal every year.

Pongal is celebrated when the fields are blooming. The festival is thus a celebration of prosperity and a good harvest, especially for the farming community. During the Pongal celebrations, farmers express their gratitude to Sun God and the cattle and thank them for a good harvest.

The festival of Pongal is celebrated as Makar Sankranti in central India and Bhugali Bihu in Assam while people in West Bengal, celebrate the last day of Bengali month Paush on January 14. Here, thousands of devotees take bath in Gangasagar, the point where the holy river Ganga meets the sea, to wash away all the earthly sins.

PONGAL 2025
January 14th, 2025

PONGAL CALENDAR 2025
January 2025
M T W T F S S
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31

PONGAL 2023
January 15th, 2023

PONGAL CALENDAR 2023
January 2023
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31

PONGAL 2022
January 14th, 2022

PONGAL CALENDAR 2022
January 2022
M T W T F S S
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

PONGAL 2021
January 14th, 2021

PONGAL CALENDAR 2021
January 2021
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

PONGAL 2020
January 15th, 2020

PONGAL CALENDAR 2020
January 2020
M T W T F S S
  1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

PONGAL 2019
January 15th, 2019

PONGAL CALENDAR 2019
January 2019
M T W T F S S
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      

PONGAL 2018
January 14th, 2018

PONGAL CALENDAR 2018
January 2018
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

PONGAL 2017
January 13th, 2017

PONGAL CALENDAR 2017
January 2017
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31          

PONGAL 2016
January 13th, 2016

PONGAL CALENDAR 2016
January 2016
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