Hindu New Year 2027

Gudi Padwa and Ugadi 2027: Date, Tithi and the New Year's Chart

Ugadi is also written Ugadhi or Yugadi.

By Dr. R.P. Sharma — Vedic Astrologer, practising since 1979 · Updated 06 Sep 2026

Quick answer: Gudi Padwa (Maharashtra) and Ugadi (Andhra, Telangana, Karnataka) 2027 are on Wednesday 7 April 2027 — Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the lunar year. The Pratipada tithi runs from about 5:21 AM on 7 April to about 4:29 AM on 8 April 2027 (published panchangs differ by a minute), so it prevails at sunrise on the 7th. Chaitra Navratri begins the same morning and Ram Navami falls on Thursday 15 April.

Date and tithi

The day

Maharashtra raises the Gudi — a bamboo staff dressed in bright cloth, topped with an inverted pot, neem and mango leaves — — prepared before dawn, raised just after sunrise at the door or window, and taken down before sunset. Andhra, Telangana and Karnataka begin the year with Ugadi pachadi, the six-taste dish (neem, jaggery, tamarind, raw mango, salt, chilli) that stands for the whole year's flavours. It is also the day the Panchanga Shravanam — the year's almanac reading — is heard in temples. Ugadi 2027 opens the Plavanga samvatsara (Shaka 1949) of the sixty-year cycle, after Parabhava; in the north the same morning begins Vikram Samvat 2084. Sindhi families keep the day as Cheti Chand, and many households begin it with neem leaves and jaggery.

Why astrologers watch this day

The chart cast for the moment the year begins (the Varsha Pravesh of the lunar year) is read for the nation and the household. For your own chart, Chaitra Pratipada is a classical day to begin a study, open a ledger or make a first offering; the Chaitra Navratri 2027 page has the nine days that follow, and the free panchang gives the day's timings for your city.

Gudi Padwa and Ugadi 2027: sunrise by city (Wednesday 7 April)

The gudi is raised and the Ugadi pachadi taken in the morning, after sunrise, while the Pratipada runs (from about 5:21 AM on 7 April to about 4:29 AM on 8 April). Sunrise times below are computed for Wednesday 7 April 2027, local time; North America is on daylight time by then.

For readers in the Americas the Pratipada begins on the evening of Tuesday 6 April local time and covers the sunrise of the 7th, so the date is the same, Wednesday 7 April.

How the new year is kept

• Gudi Padwa (Maharashtra, Goa): a gudi (a bamboo staff with a bright cloth, a copper or silver pot inverted on top, neem leaves, flowers and a sugar garland) is raised at the right of the main door after sunrise; neem leaves with jaggery are eaten first thing, and puran poli follows.
• Ugadi (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka): the Ugadi pachadi of six tastes (neem flower, jaggery, tamarind, raw mango, salt and chilli) is eaten for a year of mixed experiences, and the family listens to the Panchanga Shravanam, the reading of the new year's almanac.
• Sindhi community: Cheti Chand, for Jhulelal, on Chaitra Shukla Dwitiya, the next day.
• Kashmir: Navreh, with the thal of rice, a mirror, walnuts and the new panchang.
• North India: Chaitra Navratri begins the same morning with ghatasthapana; Ram Navami falls on Thursday 15 April 2027.

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