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Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

🗓️ Chaitra Shukla Pratipada — lunar new year (Mar–Apr)

The story behind Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

Gudi Padwa opens the year in Maharashtra and Goa on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. The gudi that names it is raised at the window or terrace before noon: a bamboo pole carrying a bright silk cloth, a garland of neem and mango leaves, sugar crystals, and an inverted copper or silver pot at its top. It is read as a banner of victory and as a mark that the house stands. The day is counted among the saade teen muhurta — the three and a half wholly auspicious days of the year — needing no separate reckoning.

Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) Puja Vidhi

  1. 1

    Abhyanga Snana & Rangoli

    Bathe with oil before sunrise, wear new clothes, and draw a rangoli at the threshold with a toranam of mango and neem leaves above the door.

  2. 2

    Gudi Ubharani

    Raise the gudi before noon at the window or terrace, to the right of the door, with the kalash inverted at the top; bring it down before sunset.

  3. 3

    Gudi Puja

    Worship the raised gudi with haldi, kumkum, flowers and dhoop, and offer a naivedya of shrikhand-puri or puran poli.

  4. 4

    Neem Prashan & Panchanga

    Take the prepared neem, jaggery, tamarind and ajwain mixture as the first food, then listen to the new year's panchangam.

Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) Mantra

ॐ ब्रह्मणे नमः॥

Meaning

Salutations to Bhagwan Brahma, who tradition holds began creation on this tithi.

How to chant

Chant at the time of raising the gudi, facing east.

When is Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)?

YearDate
2025Sunday, 30 March 2025
2026Thursday, 19 March 2026
2027Wednesday, 7 April 2027
2028Monday, 27 March 2028
2029Friday, 16 March 2029

Dates are computed with the Drik (observational) method from real solar and lunar positions, using sunrise-to-sunrise Tithi assignment for New Delhi.

Does Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) fall on the same date everywhere?

Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)'s date is decided by the astrological marker that is checked at sunrise. Sunrise happens at a different moment in each city, so Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) can fall on different calendar dates in different countries, even though everyone is observing the same astronomical event.

CityDate
New DelhiThu, 19 March
New YorkThu, March 19
LondonThu 19 March
TorontoThu, March 19
SydneyFri 20 March
DubaiThu, 19 March
SingaporeFri, 20 March

These dates follow the panchang convention computed for each city's own coordinates — they are not a universal verdict. Some temples and communities shift observance to a weekend regardless of the computed date, and published panchang authorities recommend using your own city's panchang rather than a single worldwide date. Confirm with your local temple or community before treating a date as final.

Festivals around Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

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Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) FAQs

Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) falls on 19 March 2026, based on Kaala's Drik Panchang calculation for the corresponding Tithi.

Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) is dated according to the lunar Tithi, not the fixed Gregorian calendar, so its Gregorian date shifts from year to year while its position in the lunar calendar stays consistent.

The astronomical event Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) marks happens at the same instant everywhere in the world, but which calendar day that instant falls on locally depends on each city's own timing — so cities in different countries can observe Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) a day apart.