Ugadi 2025 Date

About Ugadi

Ugadi marks day one of the Hindu lunar new year — the moment Brahma is said to have begun creation, per the Brahma Purana. Families in Andhra, Telangana and Karnataka eat Ugadi Pachadi, a chutney blending six tastes — sweet, sour, salt, bitter, tang and heat — one mouthful standing for the full mix of the year ahead.

The same tithi wears different names across India. In Maharashtra it is Gudi Padwa: a bamboo pole topped with an upturned copper pot, neem and mango leaves and a silk cloth is raised outside the house — a victory flag linked by tradition to King Shalivahana defeating the Shakas in 78 CE, the start of the Shalivahana Shaka era. Sindhis mark Cheti Chand, the birthday of Jhulelal, the Varuna-avatar who is said to have shielded the community from the tyrant Mirkhshah. Kashmiri Pandits keep Navreh: the night before, a thali holding rice, curd, a walnut, a flower, a pen, a mirror and the new panchang is set out, to be seen first on waking. In Manipur, Sajibu Nongma Panba ends with families climbing the nearest hill — a literal step upward for the year.