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Ugadi or Yugadi, also known as Samvatsarādi (meaning "beginning of the year"), is New Year's Day according to the Hindu calendar and is celebrated in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. [1][2] The cycle actually consists of 60 years, each year individually named. The first day of each year is called 'Ugadi'.
In India, the Telugu year is the calendar year for the Telugu speaking people of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana states and Yanam.. Each Yuga (Era) has a cycle of 60 years. Each year of Ugadi year has a specific name in Panchangam (Astronomical calendar) based on astrological influences and the name of the year would represent the character of that year. [1]
According to the Brahma Purana, this is the day on which Brahma created the world. Ugadi: Bobbatlu or Holigey or Bhakshalu prepared on Ugadi Ugadi Pachadi: Ugadi (meaning "the start of an era" in Telugu and Kannada) is New Year's Day for the Telugus and Kannadigas. It is called as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra. Mesha Sankranti. or Baisakhi
Vinayaka Chavithi. 4th day of Bhaadrapadam. August–September. It is celebrated as the arrival of Vinayaka on the earth. Navaratri. Chaitra and Ashvini. September–October. The nine-day festival of Durga culminates in Vijayadashami (Dasara). This is one of the three auspicious days of the year.
In Telugu states Anjaneya Jayanthi celebrate on every Bahula (Shukla Paksha) Dashami in Vaishakha month according to Telugu calendar. In Karnataka , Hanuman Jayanti is observed on Shukla Paksha Trayodashi, during the Margashirsha month or in Vaishakha , while in a few states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu , it is celebrated during the month of ...
According to some Hindu texts such as the Shakta and Vaishnava Puranas, Navaratri theoretically falls two or four times in a year. Of these, the Sharada Navaratri near the September equinox (the autumn equinox in September–October) is the most celebrated and the Vasanta Navaratri near the March equinox (the spring equinox in March–April) is ...
In India's national civil calendar, Kartika is the seventh month of the year, beginning on 23 October and ending on 21 November. In most Hindu calendars, Kartika begins with the transit of the Sun into Libra, beginning on 18 October and lasting until 15 November. In the Nepali calendar, which is also the country's official calendar, Kartika is ...
A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying concept ...