Ugādi / Guḍī Pāḍwā

Vedic Lunar New Year and Turn of the Saṁvatsara

Friday, 8 April 2016

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 begins7 Apr, 4:53 PM

Ends8 Apr, 1:05 PM

ObservanceObserved at sunrise (udaya tithi)

By local reckoning this is kept on Thursday, 7 April or Friday, 8 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 (8 April 2016)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:11 AM82° E

Sunset6:31 PM278° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise6:50 AM82° E

Moonset7:34 PM280° W

Rāhu Kāla

10:48 AM – 12:21 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:26 PM – 4:59 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:57 AM – 12:45 PM

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

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