Tamil Nadu Dry Days 2012 (liquor shops closed)
Posting the list of dry days in Tamil Nadu (TASMAC) on a dry day 
During dry days, the liquor shops of Tamil Nadu and all bars (in hotels/pubs/clubs) serving liquor will be shut for the ENTIRE day.
However, rarely, some bars serve liquor after 6:00 PM on these days. But like I said rarely and that too just a handful of them. Some hotels provide liquor via room service after 6:00 PM on these as well.
Not included in this list are special days like election dates, poll counting days etc which do not occur every year have not been included. I don’t think, at least at the moment, there are any such special days in Tamil Nadu this year (2012).
So stay alert, set yourself a reminder in your phone calendar or something and ensure you stock up the previous evening. Cheers!
| Date | Day | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 16th January 2012 | Monday | Tiruvallur Day |
| 26th January 2012 | Thursday | Republic Day |
| ???? | ???? | Vallalar Death Anniversary |
| 5th February 2012 | Sunday | Meelad-un-Nabi |
| 5th April 2012 | Thursday | Mahaveer Jayanti |
| 1st May 2012 | Tuesday | May Day |
| 15th August 2012 | Wednesday | Independence Day |
| 2nd October 2012 | Tuesday | Gandhi Jayanthi |
January 31, 2012
Time 12:42 pm
Dude … as per your list yesterday was a dry day …. it wasn’t
You might also want to re check May day.
January 31, 2012
Time 1:58 pm
@Akash .. Thanks a lot for this pointing this out….
All days/reasons are right. I got it from the official sources, so no confusions with that.
1) http://www.tn.gov.in/acts-rules/home/licence_permit_rules2008.pdf : See Pg.100 in this document for 5 days which were originally dry days from the very beginning. This of course is the official TN Gov document.
2) Recently in September 2011, they added 3 more days. See the following quote from TN Gov Press Release
The problem was, I couldn’t get the proper date for “vallalar ninavu naal” , is it his birth date? or death date? Any idea? I used death date which I guess went wrong.
February 1, 2012
Time 11:02 am
Hi … last year it was on 20th Jan as per this article: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article1098751.ece
Do a search for “Vadalur Ramalinga Vallalar Memorial Day tasmac”. You will notice that it occurs on different days on different years.
I just hope that I doesn’t catch us by surprise
February 1, 2012
Time 3:36 pm
@Akash, Thanks once again. Let me figure out the correct date and I will then immediately update the post. Cheers!!
February 7, 2012
Time 12:35 pm
Vallalar day falls on 7th February, 2012. Tasmac retail shops are closed on this day
February 7, 2012
Time 1:01 pm
@Rakesh. It’s today!!! Thanks for letting us know. Hopefully everybody who needs booze stocked up yesterday
February 7, 2012
Time 5:08 pm
Will the bars open today (7 feb 12) after 6pm.
February 8, 2012
Time 1:03 pm
So no more dry days till the 5th of April … Phew !!!!