Mattu Pongal மாட்டுப் பொங்கல்
Dates in the Tamil calendar, 2025–2028 (Chennai).
Next Mattu Pongal
Every year
| 2025 | Wednesday, 15 January 2025 |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday, 16 January 2026 |
| 2027 | Saturday, 16 January 2027 |
| 2028 | Sunday, 16 January 2028 |
About the festival
Mattu Pongal is the third day of the Pongal festival, the day after Thai Pongal, and honours cattle for their part in farming.1,2,3
Cattle are bathed and decorated: their horns are polished or painted, and garlands, beads and bells are tied around their necks.1,2
Bull-taming events such as jallikattu are held in parts of Tamil Nadu during the Pongal festivities.1,2
When it falls: Mattu Pongal is observed on the day after Thai Pongal (the first day of Thai), as the third day of the Pongal festival.1,2,3