Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2023
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)06:00
- Sunset18:09
- Fasting window (tithi)2023-03-21 · 22:55 → 20:24
- Parana (tithi ends)20:24
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 2023
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2023
- Vasant Panchami — 26 January 2023
- Maha Shivaratri — 18 February 2023
- Holika Dahan — 6 March 2023
- Holi — 8 March 2023
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 2023
- Ram Navami — 30 March 2023
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 2023
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 20 June 2023
- Guru Purnima — 3 July 2023
- Nag Panchami — 21 August 2023
- Raksha Bandhan — 31 August 2023
- Krishna Janmashtami — 6 September 2023
- Hartalika Teej — 18 September 2023
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 19 September 2023
- Anant Chaturdashi — 28 September 2023
- Pitru Paksha begins — 30 September 2023
- Sharad Navratri begins — 15 October 2023
- Durga Ashtami — 22 October 2023
- Maha Navami — 23 October 2023
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 24 October 2023
- Karwa Chauth — 1 November 2023
- Dhanteras — 10 November 2023
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 12 November 2023
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 12 November 2023
- Govardhan Puja — 14 November 2023
- Bhai Dooj — 15 November 2023
- Chhath Puja — 19 November 2023
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 27 November 2023
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 27 November 2023
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