Bhogi 2026 போகி

The day in the Tamil calendar

Timings for Chennai. The date follows the Tamil Nadu calendar.

About the festival

Bhogi is the first day of the Pongal festival, which is observed over three or four days, and falls on the last day of the Tamil month of Margazhi.^1,2

Households traditionally clean their homes and discard old belongings, and at dawn many light bonfires to burn the discarded items.^2,3,4

The custom is commonly explained as clearing away the old to make way for the new.^2,3

When it falls: Bhogi is observed on the last day of Margazhi, the day before Thai Pongal (the first day of Thai).^1,2,4

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Pongal (festival)
2. deccanchronicle.com
3. tamilnadutourism.tn.gov.in
4. Wikipedia: Bhogi

Bhogi in other years