# Vaikasi

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2nd month of the Tamil calendar

Vaikasi Native name Vaikāsi Calendar Tamil calendar Month number 2 Number of days 31 or 32 Season Ila-venil (Spring) Gregorian equivalent May–June Significant days Vaikasi Visakam ← Chithirai Aani →

**Vaikasi** is the second month of the [Tamil calendar](/source/Tamil_calendar).[1] The name of the month is derived from the position of the [Moon](/source/Moon) near the [Vaisakha](/source/Vish%C4%81kh%C4%81) [nakshatra](/source/Nakshatra) (star) on the [pournami](/source/Purnima) ([full moon](/source/Full_moon)) day.[2] The month corresponds to [ila-venil](/source/Vasanta_(season)) (spring) season, and falls in May–June in the [Gregorian calendar](/source/Gregorian_calendar).[3][4]

In the [Hindu](/source/Hindu_calendar) [lunar calendar](/source/Lunar_calendar), it corresponds to the second month of [Vaishakha](/source/Vaishakha), falling in the Gregorian months of April–May.[4]

In the Hindu [solar calendar](/source/Solar_calendar), it corresponds to the second month of [Vṛṣabha](/source/V%E1%B9%9B%E1%B9%A3abha) and begins with the [Sun](/source/Sun)'s entry into [Taurus](/source/Taurus_(constellation)).[5]

In the [Vaishnav](/source/Vaishnav) calendar, it corresponds to the second month of [Madhusudanah](/source/Madhusudanah).[6][7]

## Festivals

[Vaikasi Visakam](/source/Vaikasi_Visakam) commemorates the birth of [Hindu](/source/Hindu) [god](/source/Hindu_deity) [Murugan](/source/Murugan). It falls on the day the [Moon](/source/Moon) transits the [Visaka](/source/Visaka) [nakshatram](/source/Nakshatra) in the month of Vaikasi.[8][9]

## See also

- [Hinduism portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Hinduism)

- [Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar](/source/Astronomical_basis_of_the_Hindu_calendar)

- [Hindu astronomy](/source/Hindu_astronomy)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tamil Calendar – Months"](https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/tamil-calendar.html). *Time and Date*. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Garima Garg (2022). *Heavens and Earth: The Story of Astrology Through Ages and Cultures*. [Penguin Random House](/source/Penguin_Random_House). p. 75. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-9-354-92705-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9-354-92705-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Martha Ann Selby (2003). *The Circle of Six Seasons*. p. xxix. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-00772-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-00772-4).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Siddhantha_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Siddhantha_4-1) Robert Sewell; John Faithful Fleet (1989). *The Siddhantas and the Indian Calendar*. [Asian Educational Services](/source/Asian_Educational_Services). p. 334.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Hindu Panchang"](https://www.hindunet.org/home/interfaith_relations/hirani/hindu_panchang.htm). *Hindu Net*. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Vaisnava Calendar Reminder Services – About Calendar"](https://www.vaisnavacalendar.info/aboutcalendar.htm). *Vaisnava Calendar*. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Something about the Vaisnava Calendar"](https://www.isvara.org/archive/on-the-calendar-by-srila-prabhupada/). *ISVARA*. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-India_8-0)** Subodh Kant (2002). *Indian Encyclopedia*. Cosmo Publications. p. 7821. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8-177-55257-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8-177-55257-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Vaikasi Visakam: Date, Time, Significance"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/religion/festivals/vaikasi-visakam-2024-date-time-rituals-and-how-it-is-celebrated/articleshow/110325901.cms). *[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India)*. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

v t e Tamil calendar Seasons Ila-venil Mudhu-venil Kār Kulir Mun-pani Pin-pani Tamil Months Chithirai Vaikasi Aani Aadi Avani Purattasi Aipasi Karthigai Margazhi Thai Masi Panguni Solar Months Mesa Vrsabha Mithuna Karkata Simha Kanya Tula Vrscika Dhanu Makara Kumbha Mina Vaishanava Months Visnu Madhusudanah Trivikrama Vamana Sridhara Hrishikesha Padmanabha Damodara Keshava Narayana Madhava Govinda Days Prathamai Dvitiyai Tritiyai Chaturthi Panchami Shashthi Saptami Ashtami Navami Dashami Ekadashi Dvadashi Trayodashi Chaturdashi Amavasai Pournami Related Lunisolar calendar Solar calendar Lunar calendar Hindu calendar Indian national calendar Vikram Samvat Malayalam calendar Telugu calendar Balinese calendar Bengali calendar Nepal Sambat Punjabi calendar Tirhuta calendar Tripuri calendar

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