Good Friday 2026 புனித வெள்ளி

Friday, 3 April 2026

The day in the Tamil calendar

Date	Friday, 3 April 2026
Tamil date	Panguni 20 பங்குனி
Tithi at sunrise	Pratipada (பிரதமை) until 8:42 AM · Krishna Paksha
Nakshatra at sunrise	Chitra (சித்திரை) until 7:25 PM
Sunrise / Sunset	6:07 AM / 6:17 PM
Tamil Nadu holiday	Yes (TN Gazette Extraordinary No. 721, 11-Nov-2025, G.O. Ms. No. 708 Public(Misc) Dept (stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2025/721_Ex_II_1_2025.pdf))

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

Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, on which Christians commemorate the Passion, crucifixion and death of Jesus.^1,2

From early Christianity it has been kept as a day of sorrow, penance and fasting.^1,2

When it falls: Good Friday is the Friday immediately before Easter Sunday, so its date moves each year with the Easter computus.^1,3,4