Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2032
New-year day of the Deccan — the gudhi is hoisted and neem-jaggery shared.
Today's Panchang
Kashi reference · computed live- Tithi
- Ashtami
- till 18:59
- Nakshatra
- Bharani
- till 20:18
- Yoga
- Ganda
- Karana
- Balava
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Sun sign
- Cancer
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:39
- Sunset18:18
- Fasting window (tithi)2032-04-10 · 08:11 → 06:14
- Parana (tithi ends)06:14
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 2032
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2032
- Vasant Panchami — 15 February 2032
- Maha Shivaratri — 10 March 2032
- Holika Dahan — 26 March 2032
- Holi — 28 March 2032
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 11 April 2032
- Ram Navami — 18 April 2032
- Akshaya Tritiya — 12 May 2032
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 9 July 2032
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 2032
- Nag Panchami — 11 August 2032
- Raksha Bandhan — 21 August 2032
- Krishna Janmashtami — 27 August 2032
- Hartalika Teej — 8 September 2032
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 8 September 2032
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 2032
- Pitru Paksha begins — 20 September 2032
- Sharad Navratri begins — 5 October 2032
- Durga Ashtami — 12 October 2032
- Maha Navami — 13 October 2032
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 14 October 2032
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 2032
- Dhanteras — 31 October 2032
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 2 November 2032
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 2 November 2032
- Govardhan Puja — 4 November 2032
- Bhai Dooj — 5 November 2032
- Chhath Puja — 9 November 2032
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 17 November 2032
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 17 November 2032
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