Ugādi / Gudi Padwa
Lunar new year
Thursday, 10 April 1766
From the pañchāṅga
By local reckoning this is kept on Wednesday, 9 April or Thursday, 10 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).
Meṣa Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Meṣa
Thursday, 10 April 1766
The Sun crosses at 5:55 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Meṣa (Aries), the first sign of the zodiac, and the solar year begins again. Across the south and east this is the solar New Year, Viṣu in Kerala, Puthāṇḍu in Tamil Nadu, Vaiśākhī in the Punjab, Poila Boishakh in Bengal, Bohag Bihu in Assam, one transit kept under many names.
What is done, In Kerala the first thing seen on waking is the Viṣukkaṇi, an arrangement of auspicious things laid out the night before; elsewhere the day is kept with bathing, charity, and the new-year feast.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
2:17 PM – 3:49 PM
6:33 AM – 8:06 AM
12:20 PM – 1:08 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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