Sashti Viratham Dates and Timings for 2025

Sashti Viratham is an important day observed by devotees of Lord Murugan. It falls on the sixth day (Shashti Tithi) of both the waxing (Shukla Paksha) and waning (Krishna Paksha) moon phases. Devotees observe fasting and visit temples, particularly at Tiruchendur, to seek the blessings of Lord Murugan.

Below are the detailed Sashti dates, timings, and other significant information for 2025.

Sashti Viratham in March 2025

5 March 2025 - Wednesday

• Sashti Viratham - Shukla Paksha Shashti - Valarpirai

• Time: 7:43 PM IST (4 March 2025) to 5:29 PM IST (5 March 2025)

• Tithi Start: 7:43 PM IST on 4 March 2025 (Tuesday Night)

• Tithi End: 5:29 PM IST on 5 March 2025 (Wednesday Evening)

• Tamil Month: Masi Maasam - 21st Day (Valarpirai)

• Lunar Month: Phalguna Maas - Shukla Paksha

20 March 2025 - Thursday

• Sashti Tithi - Krishna Paksha Shashti - Theipirai

• Time: 10:09 PM IST (19 March 2025) to 11:40 PM IST (20 March 2025)

• Tithi Start: 10:09 PM IST on 19 March 2025 (Wednesday Night)

• Tithi End: 11:40 PM IST on 20 March 2025 (Thursday Night)

• Tamil Month: Panguni Maasam - 6th Day (Theipirai)

• Lunar Month: Phalguna Maas - Krishna Paksha

Sashti Viratham Rituals and Significance

• Valarpirai Sashti falls on the sixth day after Amavasya and is considered auspicious for Lord Murugan’s devotees.

• Theipirai Sashti occurs on the sixth day after Pournami and is also observed by devotees.

• On these days, special poojas, abhishekams, and deeparadhanai are performed in Murugan temples.

• Tiruchendur, one of the six abodes of Lord Murugan, attracts lakhs of devotees on Sashti days.

Upcoming Sashti Viratham & Tithi Dates for 2025

Date	Day	Type	Time
3 April 2025	Thursday	Shashti Viratham	5:25 AM (3 Apr) - 3:35 AM (4 Apr)
19 April 2025	Saturday	Sashti Tithi	2:22 PM (18 Apr) - 2:54 PM (19 Apr)
3 May 2025	Saturday	Sashti Viratham	3:16 PM (2 May) - 2:06 PM (3 May)
18 May 2025	Sunday	Sashti Tithi	3:38 AM (18 May) - 3:08 AM (19 May)
1 June 2025	Sunday	Shashti Viratham	1:35 AM (1 Jun) - 1:18 AM (2 Jun)
17 June 2025	Tuesday	Sashti Tithi	2:08 PM (16 Jun) - 12:46 PM (17 Jun)
1 July 2025	Tuesday	Shashti Viratham	Kumara Sashti
16 July 2025	Wednesday	Sashti Tithi	Ashada - Krishna Paksha
30 July 2025	Wednesday	Sashti Viratham	Aadi - Valarpirai
14 August 2025	Thursday	Sashti Tithi	Aadi - Theipirai
29 August 2025	Friday	Shashti Viratham	Avani - Valarpirai
12 September 2025	Friday	Sashti Tithi	Bhadrapada - Krishna Paksha
27 September 2025	Saturday	Shashti Viratham	Puratasi - Valarpirai
12 October 2025	Sunday	Sashti Tithi	Ashwayuja - Krishna Paksha
27 October 2025	Monday	Sashti Viratham (Skanda Sashti)	Soorasamharam
28 October 2025	Tuesday	Sri Subramanya Thirukalyanam
10 November 2025	Monday	Sashti Tithi	Kartika - Krishna Paksha
26 November 2025	Wednesday	Tarakahara Kumara Shashti	Margashirsa - Shukla Paksha
10 December 2025	Wednesday	Sashti Tithi	Margashirsa - Krishna Paksha
25 December 2025	Thursday	Shashti Viratham	Paush - Shukla Paksha

Tiruchendur Masi Tiruvila 2025

 

Masi Magam 2025: Date, Timing, and Festival Highlights

Get ready for a spiritual celebration! Masi Magam 2025, a sacred Tamil Hindu festival, is set to light up March with devotion and tradition. Known as Maasi Makam, this event blends celestial alignment with vibrant rituals, drawing devotees to temples and water bodies across Tamil Nadu and beyond. Here’s your complete guide to the date, timing, significance, and a detailed schedule—especially for the grand Tiruchendur Masi Festival!

Masi Magam 2025 Date and Timing

Masi Magam occurs in the Tamil month of Masi (February–March) when the Magam Nakshatra aligns, often coinciding with the full moon (Pournami). For 2025, mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 12. The key celestial timing is:

• Magam Nakshatram Begins: 3:27 AM IST (March 12, Wednesday—early morning)


• Magam Nakshatram Ends: 4:44 AM IST (March 13, Thursday—early morning)

These timings are based on the Indian Standard Time (IST) panchang, so local variations might apply—check with your nearby temple for precision.

Why Masi Magam Matters

Masi Magam is a day of purification and divine connection. Temples bring their Utsava idols (processional deities) to sacred water bodies—think seas, rivers, or temple tanks—for a ceremonial bath, accompanied by abhishekam and poojas. Devotees follow suit, taking holy dips to cleanse sins and honor ancestors. The festival’s cosmic vibe, tied to Magam Nakshatra, amplifies its spiritual potency.

From Kumbakonam’s Mahamaham Tank to Tiruchendur’s seashore, Masi Magam unfolds in unique ways:

• Tiruttani: Hosts a 10-day Brahmotsavam with Sri Subramanya and Valli’s Thirukalyanam.


• Kanchipuram: Sri Kamakshi Amman Temple celebrates with Brahmotsavam festivities.


• Kumbakonam: Crowds flock to the Mahamaham Tank for a sacred plunge.


• Thirukoshtiyur: Sri Sowmya Narayana Perumal Temple features a Theppam (float festival).


• Tiruchendur: A spectacular 12-day Masi Festival steals the spotlight—details below!

Tiruchendur Masi Festival 2025 Schedule

The Tiruchendur Sri Subramanya Temple transforms into a hub of devotion from March 3 to March 14, 2025, with a 12-day celebration culminating around Masi Magam. Here’s the day-by-day breakdown:

Date	Day	Event	Timing
March 2, 2025	Sunday	Kodipadam Veethi Ula atop Temple Elephant	4:30 PM
March 3, 2025	Monday	Day 1: Kumbha Lagnam, Kodiyetram (Flag Hoisting)	5:00 AM - 5:30 AM
		Sri Appar Swamigal Thanga Chaparam, Thiruveethi Uzhavara Pani	4:30 PM
		Sri PeVinayagar in Thantha Pallakku with Asthira Devar	7:00 PM
March 4, 2025	Tuesday	Day 2: Singa Kedaya Chaparam, Ambal Siriya Pallakku	10:30 AM
		Singa Kedaya Chaparam, Ambal Periya Kedaya Chaparam	7:00 PM
March 5, 2025	Wednesday	Day 3: Poonkoyil Chaparam, Ambal in Kedayam Chaparam	7:00 AM
		Thanga Muthu Kida Vahanam, Ambal Velli Anna Vahanam	6:30 PM
March 6, 2025	Thursday	Day 4: Thanga Muthu Kida Vahanam, Ambal Velli Anna Vahanam	7:00 AM
		Velli Yaanai, Ambal Velli Saraba Vahanam	6:30 PM
March 7, 2025	Friday	Day 5: Velli Yaanai, Ambal Velli Saraba Vahanam	7:00 AM
		Melakovil Kudavaruvayil Deeparadhanai, Thanga Mayil Vahanam	7:30 PM
March 8, 2025	Saturday	Day 6: Ko Ratham	7:00 AM
		Velli Ther, Ambal Indira Vimanam	8:00 PM
March 9, 2025	Sunday	Day 7: Makara Lagnam, Sri Shanmugar Urugu Satta Sevai	5:00 AM - 5:30 AM
		Sri Kumaravidanga Peruman Pallakku	After 5:30 AM
		Aarumuga Nayinar in Vetti Ver Chaparam	8:30 AM
		Sivappu Saatri in Thanga Chaparam	After 4:30 PM
March 10, 2025	Monday	Day 8: Vellai Sathi in Periya Velli Chaparam	5:00 AM
		Pachai Saathi Chaparam; Kumaravidanga & Alaivaiyugantha in Velli Guthirai	After 10:30 AM
March 11, 2025	Tuesday	Day 9: Pallakku	7:00 AM
		Thanga Kailaya Parvatham, Ambal in Velli Kamalam Vahanam	8:00 PM
		Ther Kadaksham	10:00 PM
March 12, 2025	Wednesday	Day 10: Meena Lagnam, Therottam, Ratharohanam, Thiru Ther Vadam Pidithal	7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
		Periya ThiruPallakku	7:30 PM
		DwajaAvarohanam (Flag Lowering), Theerthavari	Night
March 13, 2025	Thursday	Day 11: Pushpa Chapram, Thepakulam Mandagapadi Serthal	7:00 PM
		Abhisekam, Alankaram, Theppa Urchavam (11 Rounds in Theppam)	After 10:30 PM
March 14, 2025	Friday	Day 12: Manjal Neeradal	4:30 PM
		Swami Ambal in MalarKedaya Chaparam, Return to Thirukovil

Madurai Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025: Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple Festival Schedule

The vibrant Chithirai Thiruvizha at Madurai’s iconic Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple is set to kick off on April 29, 2025 (Tuesday), filling the city with devotion, color, and celebration. This annual festival, one of Tamil Nadu’s grandest, honors Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar with a series of rituals and processions. Below is the detailed schedule for this magnificent 2025 celebration, including the much-loved Kallazhagar events. (Note: Some timings will be updated closer to the festival—stay

 tuned!)

Madurai Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple Chithirai Thiruvizha begins on April 29, 2025 (Tuesday). Schedule is given below
 

Madurai Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025 Schedule

Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple Festival

Date	Day	Event	Timing
April 28, 2025	Monday	Vaasthu Shanti (Pre-Festival Ritual)	-
April 29, 2025	Tuesday	Kodiyetram (Flag Hoisting), Velli Simhasanam Vahanam	Morning: TBD
		Karpaga Vriksha, Simha Vahanam	7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
April 30, 2025	Wednesday	Thanga Chaparam	7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
May 1, 2025	Thursday	Thanga Chaparam	7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
May 2, 2025	Friday	Thanga Pallakku	9:00 AM
May 3, 2025	Saturday	Thanga Guthirai Vahanam, Vedar Pari Leelai	7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
May 4, 2025	Sunday	Thirugnanasambandar Leelai (by Odhuvar)	6:00 PM

Kallazhagar Festival

Date	Day	Event	Timing
May 8, 2025	Thursday	Kallazhagar Kodai Urchavam Begins, Tholukkiniyan Vahanam	6:30 PM - 7:15 PM
May 9, 2025	Friday	Tholukkiniyan Vahanam	6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
May 10, 2025	Saturday	Sundararaja Perumal (Kallazhagar) Departs for Madurai, Thanga Pallakku	Night: TBD
May 11, 2025	Sunday	Edhir Sevai: Moondru Maavadi Ethir Sevai	6:00 AM - 7:00 AM

28 April, 2025 - Monday - Vaasthu Shanti

29 April 2025 - Tuesday - Day 1

-- Morning: - Chithirai Thiruvizha Kodiyetram - Kodiyetram Time: (will update soon...)

--- Velli Simhasanam Vahanam

-- Night: 7 pm to 10.30 pm - Karpaga Vriksha, Simha Vahanam

30 April 2025 - Wednesday - Day 2

-- Morning: 7 am to 9.30 am - Thanga Chaparam

-- Night: 7 pm to 10.30 pm - Bootha, Anna Vahanam

1 May 2025 - Thursday - Day 3

-- Morning: 7 am to 9.30 am - Thanga Chaparam

-- Night: 7 pm to 10.30 pm - Kailasa Parvadham, Kamadhenu Vahanam

2 May 2025 - Friday - Day 4

-- Morning: 9 am - Thanga Pallakku

-- Night: 6 pm to 9.30 pm - Thanga Pallakku

3 May 2025 - Saturday - Day 5

-- Morning: 9 am - Thanga Chaparam

-- Night: 7 pm to 9.30 pm - Thanga Guthirai Vahanam - Vedar Pari Leelai

4 May 2025 - Sunday - Day 6

-- Morning: 7.30 am to 10.30 am - Thanga Chaparam

-- Evening: 6 pm - Thirugnanasambandar Saiva Samaya Sthabitha Varalatru Leelai will be depicted by Odhuvar

-- Night: 7.30 pm to 11.00 pm - Rishaba Vahanam (Thanga Rishabam, Velli Rishabam)

5 May 2025 - Monday - Day 7

-- Morning: 8 am to 10.30 am - Sri Gangalanathar alone Maasi Veethi Ezhuntharulal - Thanga Chaparam - Swami Ambal Ezhuntharulal inside Temple at 12 pm Noon.

-- Night: 7 pm to 10.30 pm - Nantheekeshwarar, Yaali Vahanam

6 May 2025 - Tuesday - Day 8

-- Morning: 10 am - Thanga Pallakku

-- Evening: - Sree Meenakshi Pattabhishekam - (Pattabhishekam Time: will update soon...)

-- Night: 9 pm to 11 pm - Velli Simhasana Ula

7 May 2025 - Wednesday - Day 9

-- Morning: 7 am to 9.30 am - Maravarna Chaparam

-- Evening / Night: 6 pm to 11.30 pm - Sree Meenakshi Digvijayam - Indira Vimana Ula

8 May 2025 - Thursday - Day 10 - Thirukalyanam

-- Morning: 4 am - Velli Simhasanam

-- 6 am - Thiruparankundram Sri Subramanya Swami & Arulmigu PavalaKanivai Perumal Ezhuntharulal

-- Kanni Oonjal (after Veethi Ula)

-- Morning: am to am - Sree Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Thirukalyanam - (Thirukalyanam Time: will update soon...)

-- Night: 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm - Thanga Ambaariyudan Koodiya Yaanai Vahanam, Pushpa Pallakku (Sri Meenakshi Amman in Anantharayar Poo Pallakku)

9 May 2025 - Friday - Day 11 - Therottam

--- Ratharohanam - Thiruther Ezhuntharulal Time: (will update soon...)

--- Thiruther Vadampidithal Time: (will update soon...)

-- Night: 7 pm to 10.30 pm- Sapthavarna Chapram

10 May 2025 - Saturday - Day 12

-- Noon (Ucchi Kaalam) - Theertham in Potramarai Kulam - Devendra Poojai

-- Night: 7 pm to 10 pm - Velli Rishabam Sevai

--- 9 pm - Thiruparankundram Sri Subramanya Swami & Arulmigu Pavala Kanivai Perumal VidaiPetruKolluthal (bidding adieu) at 16 Kaal Mandapam

Kallazhagar (Kallalagar)

8 May 2025 - Thursday - Day 1

-- Kalalagar Kodai Urchavam Begins

-- Evening: 6.30 pm to 7.15 pm - Tholukkiniyan Vahanam

9 May 2025 - Friday - Day 2

-- Evening: 6 pm to 7 pm - Tholukkiniyan Vaganam

10 May 2025 - Saturday - Day 3

-- Morning: 6 am to 7 am - Tholukkiniyan Vahanam

-- Night: (will update Time soon...) - Arulmighu Sundararaja Perumal: Kalalagar Thirukolathil, Thanga Pallakil, Madurai Purapaduthal

11 May 2025 - Sunday - Edhir Sevai

-- Morning: 6 am to 7 am - Moondru Maavadi Ethir Sevai

-- Night: 9 pm to 12 am Midnight - At Thallakulam Prasanna Venkatesaperumal Kovil - Thirumanjanam, Thanga Guthirai Vahanam - Srivilliputhur Sri Andal Kodutha Maalai Sooduthal - Vettiver Chaparam

(12th May) -- Early Morning - 2.30 am to 3 am - At Karuppanna Swamy Kovil - 1000 PonSaparam Ther

12 May 2025 - Monday - Morning - (will update Time soon...) - Sri Kallazhagar Vaigai Aatril Ezhuntharulal - (Thanga Guthirai Vahanam - Thaneer Peechuthal at Ramarayar Mandapam)

-- Noon: 12 pm to 3 pm - At Ramarayar Mandapam - Angapradatchanam

-- Night : 9 pm - Vandiyur Veeraraghava Perumal Thirukovil Ezhuntharulal

-- Night: At Vandiyur - Thirumanjanam, Saithyobacharam, Ekanta Sevai - Pathi Ulathuthal (at Morning 6 am on May 13th)

13 May 2025 - Tuesday

-- Morning: 9 am - After Thirumanjanam, Sesha Vahanam (From Vandiyur To Thenur Purapaduthal)

-- Afternoon: 11.30 am to 3.00 pm - At Thenur Mandapam - Thirumanjanam, Garuda Vahanam - Moksham for Manduga Maharishi

-- 3.30 pm to 4 pm - At Arulmighu Hanumar Kovil - Angapradatchinam

-- Night: 10 pm - At Ramarayar Mandapam - Thirumanjanam, Dasavatharam Kaatchi

14 May 2025 - Wednesday

-- Morning: 6 am - At Ramarayar Mandapam - Mohini Avatharam

-- Afternoon: - After Thirumanjanam, Rajanga Alankaram (Anantharayar Pallakkil, Sethupathi Mandapam Purapaduthal)

-- Night: 11 pm - At Ramanathapuram Mannar Sethupathi Mandapam - Thirumanjanam, Poo Pallakku

15 May 2025 - Thursday

-- Early Morning: 2.30 am - Kallazhagar Thirukollam, Pushpa Pallakku

---- (After Vaiyazhi in Karuppanna Swami Kovil Sannidhi) Thirumaliruncholai Purapaduthal

16 May, 2025 - Friday

-- Early Morning: 3 am to 4 am - Sri Kal Azhagar Appan Thirupathi Ezhuntharulal

-- Morning: (will update Time soon...) - Sri KalAzhagar Thirumalirunsolai Vanthu Seruthal (i.e., arrive at Azhagar Kovil Irupidam)

17 May, 2025 - Saturday - Urchava Saatru Murai (Urchava Shanti)