Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1993
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:57
- Sunset18:10
- Fasting window (tithi)1993-03-23 · 12:46 → 15:03
- Parana (tithi ends)15:03
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 1993
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1993
- Vasant Panchami — 28 January 1993
- Maha Shivaratri — 19 February 1993
- Holika Dahan — 7 March 1993
- Holi — 9 March 1993
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 24 March 1993
- Ram Navami — 1 April 1993
- Akshaya Tritiya — 24 April 1993
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 21 June 1993
- Guru Purnima — 4 July 1993
- Nag Panchami — 23 July 1993
- Raksha Bandhan — 2 August 1993
- Krishna Janmashtami — 9 September 1993
- Hartalika Teej — 18 September 1993
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 19 September 1993
- Anant Chaturdashi — 29 September 1993
- Pitru Paksha begins — 1 October 1993
- Sharad Navratri begins — 16 October 1993
- Durga Ashtami — 22 October 1993
- Maha Navami — 23 October 1993
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 24 October 1993
- Karwa Chauth — 3 November 1993
- Dhanteras — 11 November 1993
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 13 November 1993
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 13 November 1993
- Govardhan Puja — 14 November 1993
- Bhai Dooj — 15 November 1993
- Chhath Puja — 19 November 1993
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 29 November 1993
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 29 November 1993
- Hindu Festivals 1993 →