Ugādi / Guḍī Pāḍwā

Vedic Lunar New Year and Turn of the Saṁvatsara

Monday, 6 April 1761

Lord Brahmā inaugurating the turning of the Saṁvatsara as families share sacred Ugādi pacchaḍi and read the Pañcāṅgam — Caitra Śukla Pratipadā: Lord Brahmā begins cosmic creation; families celebrate the new year with mango-leaf toranas, bittersweet pacchaḍi, and pañcāṅga-śravaṇa.

From the pañchāṅga

Śukla Pratipadā begins5 Apr, 1:26 PM

Ends6 Apr, 11:29 AM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Sunday, 5 April or Monday, 6 April across the world, the date above is for your location.

How it is observed

The Saṁvatsara turns. Kept with an oil-bath at dawn, the bitter-sweet Ugādi pacchaḍi tasted as a sign of the year’s mixed fortunes, new clothes and a temple visit, and the reading of the year’s pañcāṅga (pañcāṅga-śravaṇa).

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Today's Sky (6 April 1761)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:35 AM83° E

Sunset6:55 PM277° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise7:19 AM82° E

Moonset8:01 PM281° W

Rāhu Kāla

8:08 AM – 9:40 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:13 AM – 12:45 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:21 PM – 1:09 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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