Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 1995
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:49
- Sunset18:14
- Fasting window (tithi)1995-03-31 · 07:40 → 08:43
- Parana (tithi ends)08:43
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 1995
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1995
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 1995
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 1995
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 1995
- Holi — 17 March 1995
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 1995
- Ram Navami — 9 April 1995
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 1995
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1995
- Guru Purnima — 12 July 1995
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 1995
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 1995
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 1995
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1995
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 29 August 1995
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 1995
- Pitru Paksha begins — 10 September 1995
- Sharad Navratri begins — 25 September 1995
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1995
- Maha Navami — 2 October 1995
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 1995
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 1995
- Dhanteras — 21 October 1995
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1995
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 23 October 1995
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1995
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 1995
- Chhath Puja — 29 October 1995
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 7 November 1995
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 7 November 1995
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