Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2077
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)05:57
- Sunset18:10
- Fasting window (tithi)2077-03-24 · 13:56 → 10:16
- Parana (tithi ends)10:16
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 2077
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2077
- Vasant Panchami — 28 January 2077
- Maha Shivaratri — 21 February 2077
- Holika Dahan — 9 March 2077
- Holi — 10 March 2077
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 2077
- Ram Navami — 1 April 2077
- Akshaya Tritiya — 25 April 2077
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 22 June 2077
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 2077
- Nag Panchami — 25 July 2077
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 2077
- Krishna Janmashtami — 10 August 2077
- Hartalika Teej — 21 August 2077
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 22 August 2077
- Anant Chaturdashi — 1 September 2077
- Pitru Paksha begins — 2 October 2077
- Sharad Navratri begins — 17 October 2077
- Durga Ashtami — 25 October 2077
- Maha Navami — 26 October 2077
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 26 October 2077
- Karwa Chauth — 3 November 2077
- Dhanteras — 13 November 2077
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 14 November 2077
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 15 November 2077
- Govardhan Puja — 16 November 2077
- Bhai Dooj — 17 November 2077
- Chhath Puja — 21 November 2077
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 29 November 2077
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 29 November 2077
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