Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2094
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)06:06
- Sunset18:07
- Fasting window (tithi)2094-03-16 · 21:12 → 18:04
- Parana (tithi ends)18:04
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 2094
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2094
- Vasant Panchami — 21 January 2094
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 2094
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 2094
- Holi — 3 March 2094
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 17 March 2094
- Ram Navami — 25 March 2094
- Akshaya Tritiya — 17 May 2094
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 2094
- Guru Purnima — 27 July 2094
- Nag Panchami — 16 August 2094
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 2094
- Krishna Janmashtami — 1 September 2094
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 2094
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 13 September 2094
- Anant Chaturdashi — 23 September 2094
- Pitru Paksha begins — 25 September 2094
- Sharad Navratri begins — 10 October 2094
- Durga Ashtami — 17 October 2094
- Maha Navami — 18 October 2094
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 2094
- Karwa Chauth — 26 October 2094
- Dhanteras — 5 November 2094
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 2094
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 2094
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 2094
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 2094
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 2094
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 22 November 2094
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 22 November 2094
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