Harvest · 2026
The panchang rule
A four-day Tamil solar harvest festival beginning when the Sun enters Capricorn (Makara) and Uttarayana commences — the same solar transit as Makar Sankranti. It opens on the first day of the Tamil month Thai. Being solar, it falls on a near-fixed date in mid-January.
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Pongal falls on Wednesday, 14 January 2026.
Pongal is set by the panchang — A four-day Tamil solar harvest festival beginning when the Sun enters Capricorn (Makara) and Uttarayana commences — the same solar transit as Makar Sankranti. It opens on the first day of the Tamil month Thai. Being solar, it falls on a near-fixed date in mid-January.
Significance, legend, rituals and deities — or book a pooja in your name for this date.
