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When is Pongal 2025: Know the dates of four-day harvest festival

Pongal 2025 Date: Homes are decorated with rangoli (colourful patterns), and the traditional Pongal dish, made from newly harvested rice, is offered to the Sun God.

Pongal 2025 Date: This year, Pongal will start on January 14, 2025 (Tuesday) and continue for four days, concluding on January 17, 2025 (Friday).

Pongal 2025 Date: Pongal, one of the most significant Hindu festivals of South India, especially in Tamil Nadu, is celebrated with great reverence and joy.

The four-day celebration of the harvest season is marked by honouring the Sun God for providing warmth and energy essential for agricultural prosperity.

During the festival, families come together and celebrate their shared agricultural roots, with homes decorated with rangoli (colourful patterns).

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Tamilians celebrate the occasion by making traditional designs known as kolams in their homes with rice powder. The kolams are drawn to welcome goddess Lakshmi, who is believed to bring wealth, prosperity, and happiness into the household. (Express Photo: Pradip Das)

Additionally, the traditional Pongal dish is made from newly harvested rice and is further offered to the Sun God.

Further, the day is marked with prayers, rituals, and expressions of gratitude for the abundant harvest and the natural elements that make it possible.

When is Pongal in 2025?

According to the Tamil solar calendar, Thai Pongal is the first day of the month of Thai, with the festival typically falling around the same time as Makar Sankranti in North India, Lohri in Punjab, and Uttarayan in Gujarat.

This year, Pongal will start on January 14, 2025 (Tuesday) and continue for four days, concluding on January 17, 2025 (Friday).

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Marking the arrival of new crops and the end of the harvest season, symbolising new beginnings, below is the four-day calendar of the festival:

Observance	Date	Day
Bhogi Pongal	January 14, 2025	Tuesday
Thai Pongal	January 15, 2025	Wednesday
Mattu Pongal	January 16, 2025	Thursday
Kaanum Pongal	January 17, 2025	Friday

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