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{{Infobox month
| image =
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| caption =
| native_name = {{lang|ta|Tai}}
| calendar = [[Tamil calendar]]
| num = 10
| days = 29 or 30
| season = [[Hemanta (season)|Mun-pani]] ([[winter]])
| gregorian = [[January]]–[[February]]
| holidays = {{ubl |[[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] |[[Thaipusam]] }}
| prev_month = [[Margazhi]]
| next_month = [[Masi (month)|Masi]]
}}
'''Thai''' is the tenth [[month]] of the [[Tamil calendar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/tamil-calendar.html|title=Tamil Calendar – Months |work=Time and Date |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref> The name of the month is derived from the position of the [[Moon]] near the [[Pushya|Pusham]] [[nakshatra]] (star) on the [[purnima|pournami]] ([[full moon]]) day.<ref>{{cite book|title=Heavens and Earth: The Story of Astrology Through Ages and Cultures|author=Garima Garg|year=2022|isbn=978-9-354-92705-8|publisher=[[Penguin Random House]]|page=75}}</ref> The month corresponds to [[Hemanta (season)|mun-pani kaalam]] ([[winter]] season) and falls in [[January]]–[[February]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Circle of Six Seasons|author=Martha Ann Selby|year=2003|isbn=978-0-141-00772-4|page=xxix}}</ref><ref name="Siddhantha">{{cite book|title=The Siddhantas and the Indian Calendar|author1=Robert Sewell|author2=John Faithful Fleet|year=1989|publisher=[[Asian Educational Services]]|page=334}}</ref>

In the [[Hindu calendar|Hindu]] [[lunar calendar]], it corresponds to the tenth month of [[Pausha]], falling in the Gregorian months of December–January.<ref name="Siddhantha"/>

In the Hindu [[solar calendar]], it corresponds to the tenth month of [[Makara (month)|Makara]] and begins with the [[Sun]]'s entry into [[Capricorn (constellation)|Capricorn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindunet.org/home/interfaith_relations/hirani/hindu_panchang.htm |title=Hindu Panchang|work=Hindu Net|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>

In the [[Vaishnav]] calendar, it corresponds to the tenth month of [[Narayana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vaisnavacalendar.info/aboutcalendar.htm|title=Vaisnava Calendar – About Calendar |work=Vaisnava Calendar |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.isvara.org/archive/on-the-calendar-by-srila-prabhupada/ |title=About the Vaisnava Calendar |work=ISVARA |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>

== Festivals ==
[[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] is a major multi-day harvest festival celebrated by [[Tamils]]. The festival is celebrated over three or four consecutive days, which are named [[Bhogi]], Thai Pongal, [[Mattu Pongal]] and [[Kaanum Pongal]]. Thai Pongal is celebrated on the first day of the month.<ref name="Robinson">{{cite book|author1=Denise Cush|author2=Catherine A. Robinson|author3=Michael York|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_T0HeWE-EAC|year=2008|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-70071-267-0|pages=610–611|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421115354/https://books.google.com/books?id=i_T0HeWE-EAC|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=A|last1=Mani|first2=Pravin|last2=Prakash|first3=Shanthini|last3=Selvarajan|editor=Mathew Mathews|title=Singapore Ethnic Mosaic, The: Many Cultures, One People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4RIDwAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore|isbn=978-9-81323-475-8|pages=207–211|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421115401/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4RIDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> It is dedicated to the [[solar deity]] [[Surya]] and the festival is traditionally an occasion for decorating with [[kolam]] artworks, preparing the [[Pongal (dish)|pongal]] dish, celebrating [[cattle]], offering prayers, and getting together with family and friends.<ref>{{cite book|author=Vijaya Ramaswamy|title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALUvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA274|year=2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-53810-686-0|pages=274–275|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421115406/https://books.google.com/books?id=ALUvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA274|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=J. Gordon Melton|title=Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD_2J7W_2hQC|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-206-7|pages=547–548}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Roy W. Hamilton|author2=Aurora Ammayao|title=The art of rice: spirit and sustenance in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyQoAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-930741-98-3|pages=156–157|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421115348/https://books.google.com/books?id=yyQoAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Thaipusam]] is celebrated on the [[purnima]] ([[full moon day]]) in the month of Thai on the confluence of [[Nakshatra|star]] [[Pushya|Pusam]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Roy |first=Christian |title=Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ETPEAAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-851-09689-3 |access-date=21 August 2024 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821044113/https://books.google.com/books?id=-ETPEAAAQBAJ |url-status=live |page=462 }}</ref> The festival is celebrated to commemorate the victory of god [[Murugan]] over the [[asura]]s, and includes ritualistic practices of [[fasting]] and [[Kavadi Aattam]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Javier |first=A.G. |title=They Do What: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Extraordinary and Exotic Customs from Around the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NebIEAAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |year=2014 |isbn=979-8-216-15549-2 |access-date=21 August 2024 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821043557/https://books.google.com/books?id=NebIEAAAQBAJ |url-status=live |page=387}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Hinduism}}
* [[Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar]]
* [[Hindu astronomy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tamil calendar}}

[[Category:Months of the Tamil calendar|*10]]

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