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Tai Poṅkal is the Tamil harvest thanksgiving tied to Makara Saṅkrānti. Freshly harvested rice is boiled with milk and jaggery until it overflows — a prayer for abundance in the year ahead.
Thai Pongal (தை பொங்கல்) timings below are computed for New Delhi, India (28.61°, 77.21°, Asia/Kolkata) using Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri). Civil dates follow local sunrise, so another city may observe a different calendar day.
Date for 2026 loads when the ephemeris service is available.
Open the daily muhūrta board for this place once the date is known.
Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai will appear once day timings load.
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Tai Poṅkal — harvest thanksgiving tied to Makara Saṅkrānti.
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.
Civil day from regional lunar or solar rules at local sunrise.
On the Panchang the civil date follows civil day of solar ingress into Makara. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
Tai Poṅkal — harvest thanksgiving tied to Makara Saṅkrānti.
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Dates below for 2026 are computed from sunrise at your selected place. The same vrata can fall on an adjacent civil day in another city.
What is the exact date of Thai Pongal 2026 in New Delhi?
Thai Pongal 2026 date for New Delhi is computed from local sunrise on Drikganitha.
Why are Rāhu Kālam, Yamagaṇḍam, and Guḷikai avoided?
In classical muhūrta practice these segments are treated as inauspicious for starting sacred rites or ceremonial cooking. Favourable Guru, Sūrya, Śukra, or Chandra horas that do not overlap them are preferred.
What is Tai Pongkal?
Tai Poṅkal is the Tamil harvest thanksgiving tied to Makara Saṅkrānti. Freshly harvested rice is boiled with milk and jaggery until it overflows — a prayer for abundance in the year ahead.
When is Tai Pongkal in 2026?
On the Panchang the civil date follows civil day of solar ingress into Makara. Because tithi and nakṣatra boundaries are reckoned from local sunrise, the same observance can fall a day earlier or later in another city.
How is Tai Pongkal observed?
Worship, vrata, or celebration per regional temple and family ācāra.
Who observes Tai Pongkal?
Pan-regional listing across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali calendars in Drikganitha.