Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2088
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)05:59
- Sunset18:10
- Fasting window (tithi)05:34 → 2088-03-24 · 03:29
- Parana (tithi ends)03:292088-03-24
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 2088
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2088
- Vasant Panchami — 28 January 2088
- Maha Shivaratri — 20 February 2088
- Holika Dahan — 6 March 2088
- Holi — 8 March 2088
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 23 March 2088
- Ram Navami — 30 March 2088
- Akshaya Tritiya — 23 April 2088
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 20 June 2088
- Guru Purnima — 3 July 2088
- Nag Panchami — 21 August 2088
- Raksha Bandhan — 1 September 2088
- Hartalika Teej — 18 September 2088
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 18 September 2088
- Anant Chaturdashi — 29 September 2088
- Pitru Paksha begins — 1 October 2088
- Sharad Navratri begins — 15 October 2088
- Durga Ashtami — 23 October 2088
- Maha Navami — 24 October 2088
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 24 October 2088
- Karwa Chauth — 2 November 2088
- Dhanteras — 10 November 2088
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 12 November 2088
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 12 November 2088
- Govardhan Puja — 14 November 2088
- Bhai Dooj — 15 November 2088
- Chhath Puja — 19 November 2088
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 28 November 2088
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 28 November 2088
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