Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2045
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)06:03
- Sunset18:08
- Fasting window (tithi)2045-03-18 · 22:47 → 23:36
- Parana (tithi ends)23:36
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 2045
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2045
- Vasant Panchami — 23 January 2045
- Maha Shivaratri — 15 February 2045
- Holika Dahan — 2 March 2045
- Holi — 4 March 2045
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 19 March 2045
- Ram Navami — 27 March 2045
- Akshaya Tritiya — 19 April 2045
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 16 July 2045
- Guru Purnima — 28 July 2045
- Nag Panchami — 17 August 2045
- Raksha Bandhan — 27 August 2045
- Krishna Janmashtami — 4 September 2045
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 2045
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 14 September 2045
- Anant Chaturdashi — 25 September 2045
- Pitru Paksha begins — 27 September 2045
- Sharad Navratri begins — 11 October 2045
- Durga Ashtami — 18 October 2045
- Maha Navami — 19 October 2045
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 20 October 2045
- Karwa Chauth — 29 October 2045
- Dhanteras — 6 November 2045
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 2045
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 8 November 2045
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 2045
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 2045
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 2045
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 24 November 2045
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 24 November 2045
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