Chitra Pournami சித்ரா பௌர்ணமி
Dates in the Tamil calendar, 2025–2028 (Chennai).
Next Chitra Pournami
Every year
| 2025 | Monday, 12 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday, 1 May 2026 |
| 2027 | Tuesday, 20 April 2027 |
| 2028 | Monday, 8 May 2028 |
About the festival
Chitra Pournami is the full-moon day of the Tamil month of Chithirai (April-May).1,2,3
At Tiruvannamalai, very large numbers of devotees walk the roughly 14 km girivalam path around the Arunachala hill on this full moon.1
In Madurai, the procession of the deity Kallazhagar entering the Vaigai river on a golden horse, part of the Chithirai festival, takes place on Chitra Pournami.2,3,4
When it falls: Chitra Pournami is the Purnima (full moon) that falls in the Tamil month of Chithirai.1,2,3