Girivalam 2013 Date - Time - Tiruvannamalai Pournami Girivalam Dates 2013 - Thiruvannamalai Sri Arunachaleshwarar Girivalam Timings

Tiruvannamalai (Thiruvannamalai) Girivalam 2013 dates and timings are given below. Girivalam timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST). The timings may vary slightly based on different panchagams.

2013 Girivalam Dates

26 January 2013 - Saturday - Girivalam

Timings: 9.30 am (26-1-13) to 10.30 am (27-1-13)

25 February 2013 - Monday - Girivalam

Timings: 2.30 am (25-2-13) to 2.45 am (26-2-13)

26 March 2013 - Tuesday - Girivalam 

Timings: 4.35 pm (26-3-13) to 3.35 pm (27-3-13) 

25 April 2013 - Thursday - Girivalam

Timings: 4 am (25-4-13) to 2.05 am (26-4-13)
Note: Chandra Grahanam (Lunar Eclipse) on April 25th Night (actually post midnight - i.e., Apr 26th). Grahanam starts at 1.23 am (April 26) and ends at 1.59 am (Apr 26). 

24 May 2013 - Friday - Girivalam 

Timings: 12.40 pm (24-5-13) to 10.30 am (25-5-13) 

22 June 2013 - Saturday - Girivalam

Timings: 8.05 pm (22-6-13) to 5.35 pm (23-6-13) 

22 July 2013 - Monday - Girivalam

Timings - 2.50 am (22-7-13) to 12.35 am (23-7-13)

20 August 2013 - Tuesday - Girivalam 

Timings: 10.17 am (20-8-13) to 8.15 am (21-8-13) 

18 September 2013 - Wednesday - Girivalam

Timing: 7.05 pm (18-9-13) to 5.35 pm (19-9-13) 

18 October 2013 - Friday - Girivalam

Timing: 5.55 am (18-10-13) to 5.30 am (19-10-13) 

16 November 2013 - Saturday - Girivalam 

Timings: 8.15 pm (16-11-13) to 8.50 pm (17-11-13) 

16 December 2013 - Monday - Girivalam

Timings: 1.05 pm (16-12-13) to 2.40 pm (17-12-13)

Girivalam of Tiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleshwarar (Lord Shiva) is done on Pournami (Purnima or Poornima).

Devotees will chant 'Arunachala Shiva...' song composed by Ramana Maharishi and other devotional songs and circumbulate the holy mountain.