Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2099
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)06:01
- Sunset18:09
- Fasting window (tithi)04:18 → 2099-03-23 · 06:38
- Parana (tithi ends)06:382099-03-23
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 2099
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2099
- Vasant Panchami — 26 January 2099
- Maha Shivaratri — 18 February 2099
- Holika Dahan — 6 March 2099
- Holi — 7 March 2099
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 2099
- Ram Navami — 30 March 2099
- Akshaya Tritiya — 23 April 2099
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 20 June 2099
- Guru Purnima — 2 July 2099
- Nag Panchami — 20 August 2099
- Raksha Bandhan — 30 August 2099
- Krishna Janmashtami — 7 September 2099
- Hartalika Teej — 17 September 2099
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 17 September 2099
- Anant Chaturdashi — 28 September 2099
- Pitru Paksha begins — 30 September 2099
- Sharad Navratri begins — 14 October 2099
- Durga Ashtami — 21 October 2099
- Maha Navami — 22 October 2099
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 23 October 2099
- Karwa Chauth — 1 November 2099
- Dhanteras — 10 November 2099
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 11 November 2099
- Govardhan Puja — 13 November 2099
- Bhai Dooj — 14 November 2099
- Chhath Puja — 18 November 2099
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 27 November 2099
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 27 November 2099
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