Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2026
Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2026 falls on in Delhi, India (Udaya Tithi, computed for local sunrise).
Dates are computed for Delhi, India (Udaya Tithi, Smarta convention; Pradosh dated by sunset, Sankashti by moonrise). See about for the full method and the Vaishnava difference on kshaya dates.
About Gudi Padwa / Ugadi
Gudi Padwa marks the traditional new year in Maharashtra, and the same lunar day is celebrated as Ugadi in Karnataka and Telangana and as Cheti Chand by the Sindhi community. It falls on the first day of Chaitra, the first month of the Amanta lunar year.
Families raise a gudi — a bright silk banner crowned with an inverted copper or silver pot — outside their homes to welcome the year and mark Rama's legendary return to Ayodhya. Houses are cleaned and decorated with rangoli, bitter-sweet neem leaves are eaten as a reminder to accept life's mixed flavours, and new ledgers are traditionally opened by trading communities.
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Frequently asked questions
- When is Gudi Padwa / Ugadi in 2026?
- Gudi Padwa / Ugadi 2026 falls on in Delhi, India (Udaya Tithi, computed for local sunrise).
- What is Gudi Padwa / Ugadi?
- Gudi Padwa marks the traditional new year in Maharashtra, and the same lunar day is celebrated as Ugadi in Karnataka and Telangana and as Cheti Chand by the Sindhi community. It falls on the first day of Chaitra, the first month of the Amanta lunar year.
- How is Gudi Padwa / Ugadi observed?
- Families raise a gudi — a bright silk banner crowned with an inverted copper or silver pot — outside their homes to welcome the year and mark Rama's legendary return to Ayodhya. Houses are cleaned and decorated with rangoli, bitter-sweet neem leaves are eaten as a reminder to accept life's mixed flavours, and new ledgers are traditionally opened by trading communities.
- Why might Gudi Padwa / Ugadi fall on a different day elsewhere?
- Observance dates follow the tithi current at local sunrise, so cities with different sunrise times can observe a day earlier or later. Vaishnava calendars also shift dates when a tithi touches no sunrise (kshaya).