Apr 14
அனைவருக்கும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள
Happy Tamil New Year.
It is Tamil New Year day today (Tamil : The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar தமிழர், Tamils are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who trace their ancestry mainly to India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, union territory of Puducherry and to Sri Lanka. Tamils constitute 5.9% of the population in India (concentrated mainly in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry), 15% in Sri Lanka 6% in Mauritius, 7% in Malaysia and 5% in Singapore.)
In one of my previous stories, I had shared about Tropical zodiac and sidereal zodiac which can be found here.
Tamil calendar is based on Hindu Solar Calendar and the list of 60 years names is in itself a cycle. This cycle is explained in Surya Siddhantha as the time taken by Jupiter’s revolution or Jovian year in concurrence with sani/Saturn.
The orbital period/year, of/on Jupiter is called a Jovian year, that is equal to 12 years on earth. With every five Jovian years, the Solar calendar name cycle gets reset. It means that the two major planets Sani/Saturn (which takes 30 years to complete one cycle round the sun) and Guru/ Jupiter (takes 12 years to complete one cycle around the sun) would lead to a least common multiple of 60.
The Tamil calendar is the Sidereal Calendar, which is used in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Manipur, Nepal, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Punjab as well.
The 60 year names are:
01. Prabhava1987–1988
02. Vibhava 1988–1989
03. Sukla 1989–1990
04. Pramodutha 1990–1991
05. Prachorpaththi 1991–1992
06. Aangirasa 1992–1993
07. Srimuga 1993–1994
08. Bhava 1994–1995
09. Yuva 1995–1996
10. Dhaatu 1996–1997
11. Eesvara 1997–1998
12. Vekuthaniya 1998–1999
13. Pramati 1999–2000
14. Vikrama 2000–2001 Photo
15. Vishu 2001–2002
16. Chitrabaanu 2002–2003
17. Subhaanu 2003–2004
18. Dhaarana 2004–2005
19.Paarthiba 2005–2006
20. Viya 2006–2007
21. Sarvajith 2007–2008
22. Sarvadhari 2008–2009
23. Virodhi 2009–2010
24. Vikruthi 2010–2011
25. Kara 2011–2012 Photo
26. Nandhana 2012–2013
27. Vijaya 2013–2014
28. Jaya 2014–2015
29. Manmatha 2015–2016
30. Dhunmuki 2016–2017
31. Havilambi 2017–2018
32.Vilambi 2018–2019
33. Vikari 2019–2020
34. Sarvari 2020–2021
35. Plava 2021–2022
36. Subakrith சுபகிருது 2022–2023 (hurray our year , meaning “Good deeds”)
37. Sobakrith 2023–2024
38. Krodhi 2024–2025
39. Visuvaasuva 2025–2026
40. Parabhaava 2026–2027
41. Plavanga 2027–2028
42. Keelaka 2028–2029
43. Saumya 2029–2030
44. Sadharana 2030–2031
45.Virodhikrithu 2031–2032
46. Paridhaabi 2032–2033
47. Pramadhisa 2033–2034
48.Aanandha 2034–2035
49. Rakshasa 2035–2036
50. Nala 2036–2037
51. Pingala 2037–2038
52. Kalayukthi 2038–2039
53. Siddharthi 2039–2040
54. Routhri 2040–2041
55. Dunmathi 2041–2042
56. Dhundubhi 2042–2043
57. Rudhrodhgaari 2043–2044
58. Raktakshi 2044–2045
59. Krodhana 2045–2046
60. Akshaya 2046–2047
- Have a wonderful day :-)
