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The ascendancy (highest position of dominance) of a certain stars in some months is celebrated as an important festival of that month. In the month of Thai (Mid January to Mid February) the star Pūsam (Pushya in Sanskrit) has such importance and celebrated as Thai Pūsam. Thai Pūsam falls on the Pournima (or comes as close to it as possible) in the month of Thai/ makara coinciding with the star Pushya. It is mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius Singapore, South Africa, Canada and other places where ethnic Hindu Tamils reside as a part of the local Indian diaspora population such as Réunion, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica and the other parts of the Caribbean. It is a national holiday in many countries like Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius. In certain states of Malaysia and in the nations of Sri Lanka and Mauritius it is a government and a ba