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Sashti 2017 | சஷ்டி 2017

Sashti 2017 - Sashti / Skanda Sashti is a Tamilian Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Skanda or Lord Muruga or Kartikeya, the son of Lord Shiva who is a popular deity in Southern India. Sashti or the sixth day of the lunar period is dedicated to Lord Murugan. Skanda Sashti is also called Kumar Sashti. Sashti viratham is comes on every month. You can find the monthly sashti viratham 2017 dates below. Save the sashti 2017 dates and keep fasting with god blessings

Amavasai 2017 / Pournami 2017 / Pradosham 2017 / Karthigai 2017 / Ashtami 2017 / Navami 2017 / Sashti 2017 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2017 / Thiruvonam 2017 / Matha Sivarathiri 2017 / Ekadhasi 2017 / Chathurthi 2017

Year - 2017	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
January	27 Fri 28 Sat	12 Thu	10 Tue 25 Wed	08 Sun	05 Thu 20 Fri	06 Fri 21 Sat	04 Wed	15 Sun	01 Sun	25 Thu	08 Sun 23 Mon	02 Mon
February	26 Sun	10 Fri 11 Sat	08 Wed 24 Fri	04 Sat	04 Sat 18 Sat	05 Sun 19 Sun	02 Thu	14 Tue	24 Fri	24 Fri	07 Tue 22 Wed	14 Tue
March	27 Mon	12 Sat	10 Fri 25 Sat	04 Sat 31 Fri	05 Sun 20 Mon	06 Mon 21 Tue	03 Fri	16 Fri	23 Thu	26 Sun	08 Wed 23 Thu	16 Thu
April	26 Wed	10 Mon	08 Sat 24 Mon	27 Thu	04 Tue 19 Wed	05 Wed 20 Thu	02 Sun	14 Fri	20 Thu	24 Mon	06 Thu 22 Sat	29 Sat
Year - 2017	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
May	25 Thu	10 Wed	08 Mon 23 Tue	25 Thu	03 Wed 19 Fri	04 Thu 20 Sat	01 Mon 31 Wed	14 Sun	17 Wed	24 Wed	06 Sat 22 Mon	29 Mon
June	23 Fri	09 Fri	06 Tue 21 Wed	21 Wed	01 Thu 17 Sat	02 Fri 18 Sun	29 Thu	13 Tue	13 Tue	22 Thu	05 Mon 20 Tue	27 Tue
July	23 Sun	08 Sat	06 Thu 21 Fri	19 Wed	01 Sat 16 Sun 30 Sun	02 Sun 17 Mon 31 Mon	29 Sat	12 Wed	11 Tue	21 Fri	04 Tue 19 Wed	27 Thu
August	21 Mon	07 Mon	05 Sat 19 Sat	15 Tue	15 Tue 29 Tue	16 Wed 30 Wed	27 Sun	11 Fri	07 Mon	20 Sun	03 Thu 18 Fri	25 Fri
Year - 2017	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
September	19 Tue	05 Tue	03 Sun 17 Sun	11 Mon	13 Wed 28 Thu	14 Thu 29 Fri	11 Mon 26 Tue	09 Sat	03 Sun	18 Mon	01 Fri 16 Sat	23 Sat
October	19 Thu	05 Thu	03 Tue 17 Tue	09 Mon	12 Thu 27 Fri	13 Fri 28 Sat	25 Wed	08 Sun	01 Sun 28 Sat	18 Wed	01 Sun 15 Sun 31 Tue	23 Mon
November	18 Sat	03 Fri	01 Wed 15 Wed	05 Sun	11 Sat 26 Sun	12 Sun 27 Mon	09 Thu 24 Fri	07 Tue	24 Fri	16 Thu	14 Tue 29 Wed	22 Wed
December	17 Sun	03 Sun	01 Fri 15 Fri 30 Sat	30 Sat	10 Sun 26 Tue	11 Mon 27 Wed	08 Fri 24 Sun	06 Wed	22 Fri	16 Sat	13 Wed 29 Fri	22 Fri

Sashti – What is Skanda Sashti?

Skanda Sashti is a popular festival that is celebrated by Tamil Hindus with much devotion. It is festival dedicated to their deity. Lord Murugan or Skanda. This is why it is also known as Murugan Sashti or Kanda Sashti. Skanda is the son of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, while in North India, he is considered to be the elder brother of Lord Ganesha while in South India, he is considered the younger brother of Lord Ganesha. Lord Murugan is also known as Lord Subramanya or Karthikeyan.

Skanda Sashti Viratham – Importance

Every Sashti Tithi is dedicated to Lord Skanda. On Shukla Paksha Sashti day, devotees of Lord Skanda observe a fast to please their deity and get his blessings. However, for devotees to observe Sashti Viratham, the most auspicious time is when Panchami and Sashti Tithi combine. In other words, the end of Panchami tithi and beginning of Sashti tithi between sunrise and sunset is the most appropriate hour that is chosen to observe Skanda Sashti Viratham. This is why this fast is observed during Panchami Tithi.

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