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Sashti 2021 | சஷ்டி 2021

Sashti 2021 - 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 2021 dates below. Save the sashti 2021 dates and keep fasting with god blessings

Date	Day	Type
January 19, 2021	Tuesday	Skanda Sashti
February 17, 2021	Wednesday	Skanda Sashti
March 19, 2021	Friday	Skanda Sashti
April 18, 2021	Sunday	Skanda Sashti
May 17, 2021	Monday	Skanda Sashti
June 16, 2021	Wednesday	Skanda Sashti
July 15, 2021	Thursday	Skanda Sashti
August 14, 2021	Saturday	Skanda Sashti
September 12, 2021	Sunday	Skanda Sashti
October 11, 2021	Monday	Skanda Sashti
November 9, 2021	Tuesday	Soora Samharam
December 9, 2021	Thursday	Subrahmanya Sashti

Amavasai 2021 / Pournami 2021 / Pradosham 2021 / Karthigai 2021 / Ashtami 2021 / Navami 2021 / Sashti2021 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2021 / Thiruvonam 2021 / Maha Sivarathiri 2021 / Ekadhasi 2021 / Chathurthi 2021

Year - 2021	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
January	13 Wed	28 Thu	10 Sun 26 Tue	23 Sat	06 Wed 21 Thu	07 Thu 22 Fri	18 Mon	02 Sat 31 Sun	14 Thu	11 Mon	09 Sat 24 Sun	16 Sat
February	11 Thu	27 Sat	09 Tue 24 Wed	19 Fri	05 Fri 20 Sat	06 Sat 21 Sun	03 Wed 17 Wed	----	11 Thu	10 Wed	07 Sun 23 Tue	15 Mon
March	13 Sat	28 Sun	10 Wed 26 Fri	18 Thu	06 Sat 22 Mon	07 Sun 23 Tue	19 Fri	02 Tue 31 Wed	10 Wed	11 Thu	09 Tue 25 Thu	17 Wed
April	12 Mon	27 Tue	09 Fri 24 Sat	14 Wed	04 Sun 20 Tue	05 Mon 21 Wed	18 Sun	30 Fri	06 Tue	10 Sat	07 Wed 23 Fri	16 Fri
Year - 2021	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
May	11 Tue	26 Wed	08 Sat 24 Mon	12 Wed	04 Tue 20 Thu	05 Wed 21 Fri	17 Mon	29 Sat	04 Tue 31 Mon	09 Sun	07 Fri 22 Sat	15 Sat
June	10 Thu	24 Thu	07 Mon 22 Tue	00 Thu	02 Wed 18 Fri	03 Thu 19 Sat	16 Wed	27 Sun	27 Sun	08 Tue	06 Sun 21 Mon	14 Mon
July	09 Fri	23 Fri	07 Wed 21 Wed	05 Mon	02 Fri 17 Sat	03 Sat 18 Sun	15 Thu	27 Tue	25 Sun	08 Thu	20 Tue	13 Tue
August	08 Sun	22 Sun	05 Thu 20 Fri	29 Sun	01 Sun 30 Mon	02 Mon 31 Tue	13 Fri	25 Wed	21 Sat	06 Fri	18 Wed	12 Thu
Year - 2021	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
September	07 Tue	20 Mon	04 Sat 18 Sat	25 Sat	14 Tue 29 Wed	15 Wed 30 Thu	11 Sat	24 Fri	17 Fri	05 Sun	03 Fri 17 Fri	10 Fri
October	06 Wed	20 Wed	04 Mon 17 Sun	23 Sat	13 Wed 29 Fri	14 Thu 30 Sat	11 Mon	24 Sun	15 Fri	04 Mon	02 Sat 16 Sat	09 Sat
November	04 Thu	19 Fri	16 Tue	19 Fri	11 Thu 27 Sat	12 Fri 28 Sun	09 Tue	23 Tue	11 Thu	03 Wed	01 Mon 15 Mon 30 Tue	08 Mon
December	04 Sat	19 Sun	02 Thu 15 Wed	----	11 Sat 27 Mon	12 Sun 28 Tue	09 Thu	22 Wed	08 Wed	02 Thu	14 Tue 30 Thu	07 Tue

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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