Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1917
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:57
- Sunset18:11
- Fasting window (tithi)1917-03-23 · 09:30 → 06:37
- Parana (tithi ends)06:37
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Gudi Padwa / Ugadi puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaGudi Padwa / Ugadi — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Gudi Padwa?
On the Shukla Pratipada of Chaitra, the first day of the Hindu lunar year, usually in late March or early April. It also opens Chaitra Navratri. This year's date is shown above.
What does the gudi represent?
The gudi — a bright cloth on a bamboo topped with an upturned pot, neem and mango leaves — is a flag of victory and welcome, raised for the new year and, in tradition, for Rama's return to Ayodhya. It is worshipped and lowered by sunset.
Why is neem eaten with jaggery on Gudi Padwa?
Taking the bitter neem with sweet jaggery at the year's first meal is an acceptance of both the bitter and the sweet the year will bring, and has a seasonal logic — neem cools and purifies the blood as the summer heat begins.
Is Gudi Padwa the same as Ugadi?
They are the same day — the Chaitra Shukla Pratipada new year — kept as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra and the Konkan and as Ugadi in Karnataka, Andhra and Telangana, with regional customs.
Other major festivals in 1917
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1917
- Vasant Panchami — 27 January 1917
- Maha Shivaratri — 20 February 1917
- Holika Dahan — 8 March 1917
- Holi — 9 March 1917
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 24 March 1917
- Ram Navami — 31 March 1917
- Akshaya Tritiya — 24 April 1917
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 21 June 1917
- Guru Purnima — 4 July 1917
- Nag Panchami — 24 July 1917
- Raksha Bandhan — 3 August 1917
- Krishna Janmashtami — 9 August 1917
- Hartalika Teej — 20 August 1917
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 21 August 1917
- Anant Chaturdashi — 31 August 1917
- Pitru Paksha begins — 1 October 1917
- Sharad Navratri begins — 17 October 1917
- Durga Ashtami — 24 October 1917
- Maha Navami — 24 October 1917
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 25 October 1917
- Karwa Chauth — 2 November 1917
- Dhanteras — 12 November 1917
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 13 November 1917
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 14 November 1917
- Govardhan Puja — 15 November 1917
- Bhai Dooj — 16 November 1917
- Chhath Puja — 20 November 1917
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 28 November 1917
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 28 November 1917
- Hindu Festivals 1917 →