Ugādi / Guḍī Pāḍwā

Vedic Lunar New Year and Turn of the Saṁvatsara

Saturday, 4 April 1772

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, 11:19 AM

Ends4 Apr, 1:43 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 1772)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:37 AM84° E

Sunset6:55 PM276° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise7:10 AM80° E

Moonset7:52 PM282° WNW

Rāhu Kāla

9:41 AM – 11:13 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:18 PM – 3:50 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:22 PM – 1:10 PM

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

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