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Sashti 2019 | சஷ்டி 2019

Sashti 2019 - 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 2019 dates below. Save the sashti 2019 dates and keep fasting with god blessings

Amavasai 2019 / Pournami 2019 / Pradosham 2019 / Karthigai 2019 / Ashtami 2019 / Navami 2019 / Sashti 2019 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2019 / Thiruvonam 2019 / Matha Sivarathiri 2019 / Ekadhasi 2019 / Chathurthi 2019

Year - 2019	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
January	05 Sat	20 Sun	03 Thu 18 Fri	16 Wed	14 Mon 28 Mon	15 Tue 29 Tue	12 Sat	24 Thu	08 Tue	04 Fri	01 Tue 17 Tue 31 Thu	10 Thu
February	04 Mon	19 Tue	02 Sat 17 Sun	13 Wed	12 Tue 26 Tue	13 Wed 27 Wed	11 Mon	22 Fri	04 Mon	03 Sun	15 Fri	08 Fri
March	06 Wed	20 Wed	03 Sun 18 Mon	12 Tue	14 Thu 28 Thu	15 Fri 29 Fri	12 Tue	24 Sun	03 Sun 31 Sun	04 Mon	02 Sat 17 Sun	10 Sun
April	04 Thu	19 Fri	02 Tue 17 Wed	08 Mon	12 Fri 27 Sat	13 Sat 28 Sun	11 Thu	22 Mon	27 Sat	03 Wed	01 Mon 15 Mon 30 Tue	09 Tue
Year - 2019	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Matha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
May	04 Sat	18 Sat	02 Thu 16 Thu 31 Fri	06 Mon	12 Sun 26 Sun	13 Mon 27 Mon	10 Fri	22 Wed	24 Fri	03 Fri	15 Wed 30 Thu	08 Wed
June	03 Mon	17 Mon	14 Fri 30 Sun	02 Sun 29 Sat	10 Mon 25 Tue	11 Tue 26 Wed	08 Sat	20 Thu	21 Fri	01 Sat	13 Thu 28 Fri	06 Thu
July	02 Tue 31 Wed	16 Tue	14 Sun 29 Mon	26 Fri	09 Tue 25 Thu	10 Wed 26 Fri	08 Mon	20 Sat	18 Thu	01 Mon 30 Tue	12 Fri 28 Sun	06 Sat
August	30 Fri	15 Thu	12 Mon 28 Wed	23 Fri	08 Thu 23 Fri	09 Fri 24 Sat	06 Tue	19 Mon	14 Wed	28 Wed	11 Sun 26 Mon	04 Sun
Year - 2019	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Matha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
September	28 Sat	13 Fri	11 Wed 26 Thu	19 Thu	06 Fri 22 Sun	07 Sat 23 Mon	04 Wed	17 Tue	10 Tue	27 Fri	09 Mon 25 Wed	02 Mon
October	27 Sun	13 Sun	11 Fri 25 Fri	16 Wed	06 Sun 21 Mon	07 Mon 22 Tue	04 Fri	17 Thu	08 Tue	26 Sat	09 Wed 24 Thu	02 Wed 31 Thu
November	26 Tue	12 Tue	09 Sat 24 Sun	13 Wed	04 Mon 19 Tue	05 Tue 20 Wed	02 Sat	15 Fri	04 Mon	24 Sun	08 Fri 22 Fri	30 Sat
December	25 Wed	11 Wed	09 Mon 23 Mon	10 Tue	04 Wed 19 Thu	05 Thu 20 Fri	02 Mon	15 Sun	01 Sun 29 Sun	24 Tue	08 Sun 22 Sun	30 Mon

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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