Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1930
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:50
- Sunset18:13
- Fasting window (tithi)1930-03-30 · 11:17 → 11:41
- Parana (tithi ends)11:41
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 1930
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1930
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 1930
- Maha Shivaratri — 26 February 1930
- Holika Dahan — 14 March 1930
- Holi — 15 March 1930
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 31 March 1930
- Ram Navami — 7 April 1930
- Akshaya Tritiya — 1 May 1930
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 28 June 1930
- Guru Purnima — 10 July 1930
- Nag Panchami — 30 July 1930
- Raksha Bandhan — 9 August 1930
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 1930
- Hartalika Teej — 26 August 1930
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 27 August 1930
- Anant Chaturdashi — 6 September 1930
- Pitru Paksha begins — 9 September 1930
- Sharad Navratri begins — 23 September 1930
- Durga Ashtami — 30 September 1930
- Maha Navami — 1 October 1930
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 1 October 1930
- Karwa Chauth — 11 October 1930
- Dhanteras — 19 October 1930
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 20 October 1930
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 21 October 1930
- Govardhan Puja — 22 October 1930
- Bhai Dooj — 23 October 1930
- Chhath Puja — 27 October 1930
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 6 November 1930
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 6 November 1930
- Hindu Festivals 1930 →