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Gudi Padwa dates

Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.

Also called: Ugadi, Yugadi, Chaitra Navratri begins, Chaitra Sukhladi

The next one

Wednesday, 7 April 2027

Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada., ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows.

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What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.

ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows. Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada., the first day of the lunar year. Both the Vikram and Shaka years turn over here.

The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.

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Gudi Padwa dates

YearDateTithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it.Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar.
2025SundaySunday, 30 March 2025Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows.
2026ThursdayThursday, 19 March 2026Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi.ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows.
2027WednesdayWednesday, 7 April 2027Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows.
2028MondayMonday, 27 March 2028Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows.
2029SaturdaySaturday, 14 April 2029Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows.
2030WednesdayWednesday, 3 April 2030Shukla PratipadaThe first tithi of a fortnight, the day after the new Moon or the full one. The lunar year itself opens on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.ChaitraThe first lunar month, running across March and April. Its bright first day is the new year, kept as Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, and Ram Navami follows.

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