Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1933
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:53
- Sunset18:12
- Fasting window (tithi)1933-03-26 · 08:54 → 09:50
- Parana (tithi ends)09:50
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 1933
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1933
- Vasant Panchami — 30 January 1933
- Maha Shivaratri — 22 February 1933
- Holika Dahan — 11 March 1933
- Holi — 13 March 1933
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 27 March 1933
- Ram Navami — 4 April 1933
- Akshaya Tritiya — 27 April 1933
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 25 June 1933
- Guru Purnima — 7 July 1933
- Nag Panchami — 27 July 1933
- Raksha Bandhan — 5 August 1933
- Krishna Janmashtami — 12 August 1933
- Hartalika Teej — 24 August 1933
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 24 August 1933
- Anant Chaturdashi — 3 September 1933
- Pitru Paksha begins — 5 September 1933
- Sharad Navratri begins — 20 September 1933
- Durga Ashtami — 27 September 1933
- Maha Navami — 28 September 1933
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 28 September 1933
- Karwa Chauth — 7 October 1933
- Dhanteras — 16 October 1933
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 18 October 1933
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 18 October 1933
- Govardhan Puja — 20 October 1933
- Bhai Dooj — 21 October 1933
- Chhath Puja — 24 October 1933
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 2 November 1933
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 2 November 1933
- Hindu Festivals 1933 →