Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1939
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:59
- Sunset18:09
- Fasting window (tithi)1939-03-21 · 07:18 → 08:26
- Parana (tithi ends)08:26
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 1939
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1939
- Vasant Panchami — 25 January 1939
- Maha Shivaratri — 17 February 1939
- Holika Dahan — 5 March 1939
- Holi — 6 March 1939
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 1939
- Ram Navami — 29 March 1939
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 1939
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 19 June 1939
- Guru Purnima — 1 July 1939
- Nag Panchami — 19 August 1939
- Raksha Bandhan — 29 August 1939
- Krishna Janmashtami — 6 September 1939
- Hartalika Teej — 16 September 1939
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 16 September 1939
- Anant Chaturdashi — 27 September 1939
- Pitru Paksha begins — 29 September 1939
- Sharad Navratri begins — 13 October 1939
- Durga Ashtami — 20 October 1939
- Maha Navami — 21 October 1939
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 22 October 1939
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 1939
- Dhanteras — 9 November 1939
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 10 November 1939
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 10 November 1939
- Govardhan Puja — 12 November 1939
- Bhai Dooj — 13 November 1939
- Chhath Puja — 17 November 1939
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 26 November 1939
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 26 November 1939
- Hindu Festivals 1939 →