Avittam · Third Onam Observance The day after Thiruvonam, when Mahabali takes his leave.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Avittam · Third Onam
- മലയാളം
- അവിട്ടം · മൂന്നാം ഓണം
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
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The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
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This day does not fall again in the next three years at this place. A few days are tied to the solar month rather than to the civil year, so a year can hold two of them or none.
What the day is
The day after Thiruvonam, when Mahabali takes his leave. In some houses the Onathappan, the clay cone that stands for the king in the courtyard, is taken to the tank or the river and immersed; the Aranmula boat race and the Thrikkakara temple festival fall on these days.
- Deity
- Mahabali, Vamana
- Kind
- Observance Days marked, watched or begun, without a fast or a feast of their own.
The hour
The rule in words
Avittam nakshatra, the day after Thiruvonam in Chingam.
The fast
No fast. What is left of the sadya is eaten and the pookkalam is cleared.
Where the regions differ
Kerala only. Some families keep four Onam days through Chathayam, and the count varies from house to house, so traditions vary on when Onam ends.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.