Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1946
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:47
- Sunset18:15
- Fasting window (tithi)1946-04-02 · 10:13 → 07:00
- Parana (tithi ends)07:00
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 1946
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1946
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1946
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1946
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 1946
- Holi — 18 March 1946
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 1946
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1946
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 1946
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1946
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 1946
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 1946
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 1946
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1946
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1946
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1946
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1946
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 1946
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1946
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 1946
- Maha Navami — 4 October 1946
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 1946
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1946
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1946
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1946
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1946
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1946
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1946
- Chhath Puja — 31 October 1946
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1946
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1946
- Hindu Festivals 1946 →