Mid-December to mid-January, the Sun's transit through Dhanu Rashi (Sagittarius) — the Tamil month also called Dhanurmasam
मार्गशीर्षः
आण्डाल्देव्यै पवित्रः तमिळवैष्णवमासः, प्रत्यूषे तिरुप्पवैपाठेन, पावैनोम्बुव्रतेन, वैकुण्ठैकादश्या च विशिष्टः।
Mid-December to mid-January, the Sun's transit through Dhanu Rashi (Sagittarius) — the Tamil month also called Dhanurmasam
आण्डाल्देव्यै पवित्रः तमिळवैष्णवमासः, प्रत्यूषे तिरुप्पवैपाठेन, पावैनोम्बुव्रतेन, वैकुण्ठैकादश्या च विशिष्टः।