Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1949
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)1949-03-29 · 20:40 → 23:13
- Parana (tithi ends)23:13
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 1949
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1949
- Vasant Panchami — 3 February 1949
- Maha Shivaratri — 25 February 1949
- Holika Dahan — 14 March 1949
- Holi — 15 March 1949
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 30 March 1949
- Ram Navami — 7 April 1949
- Akshaya Tritiya — 1 May 1949
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 28 June 1949
- Guru Purnima — 10 July 1949
- Nag Panchami — 30 July 1949
- Raksha Bandhan — 8 August 1949
- Krishna Janmashtami — 16 August 1949
- Hartalika Teej — 26 August 1949
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 27 August 1949
- Anant Chaturdashi — 6 September 1949
- Pitru Paksha begins — 8 September 1949
- Sharad Navratri begins — 23 September 1949
- Durga Ashtami — 29 September 1949
- Maha Navami — 30 September 1949
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 1 October 1949
- Karwa Chauth — 10 October 1949
- Dhanteras — 19 October 1949
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 21 October 1949
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 21 October 1949
- Govardhan Puja — 22 October 1949
- Bhai Dooj — 23 October 1949
- Chhath Puja — 27 October 1949
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 5 November 1949
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 5 November 1949
- Hindu Festivals 1949 →