Ugādi / Guḍī Pāḍwā

Vedic Lunar New Year and Turn of the Saṁvatsara

Saturday, 4 April 2296

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 begins3 Apr, 4:55 PM

Ends4 Apr, 5:44 PM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Friday, 3 April or Saturday, 4 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 (4 April 2296)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:13 AM84° E

Sunset6:31 PM276° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise6:48 AM85° E

Moonset7:22 PM277° W

Rāhu Kāla

9:17 AM – 10:50 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

1:54 PM – 3:27 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:58 AM – 12:46 PM

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

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