Gudi Padwa 2026
Trikaal Sandesh — Direct Answer
Gudi Padwa 2026 is celebrated on Monday, 30 March 2026, on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada — the Marathi New Year and the first day of the Hindu lunar calendar. Families raise the gudi, a bright cloth and neem-garlanded pole topped with an inverted pot, as a banner of victory and auspicious new beginnings.
🕐 Gudi Padwa 2026 Timings for India
| Tithi at sunrise | Amavasya (Krishna Paksha) — 06:53 upto |
| Festival tithi | Pratipada begins 06:53 |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada, Pada 1 — 04:05 (20 Mar) upto |
| Yoga · Karana | Shukla · Naga |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 12:04-12:52 |
| Rahu Kaal | 13:58-15:27 |
| Yamaganda · Gulika | 06:30-07:59 · 09:29-10:58 |
| Sunrise · Sunset | 06:30 · 18:27 |
Computed for India (28.6139, 77.209) with Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha. All five angas read at local sunrise.
📜 How this date was determined
Pratipada neither begins before nor survives into sunrise kaal on any day — it runs from 19 Mar 2026 06:53 to 20 Mar 2026 04:53, entirely between two sunrise windows. This is tithi-kshaya, and the observance is placed on the day the tithi is current.
Computed by Trikaal Vaani from Swiss Ephemeris and the classical nirnaya rules — Nirnaya Sindhu, Dharma Sindhu, and the Report of the Calendar Reform Committee. Not copied from another calendar.
🕐 Gudi Padwa 2026 timings across India
✓ Do's
- Raise the gudi at the doorway
- Draw fresh rangoli at the entrance
- Eat neem and jaggery together
- Begin new ventures or purchases
- Wear new traditional clothes
✗ Don'ts
- Avoid negative or harsh speech
- Do not start quarrels today
- Avoid non-vegetarian food
- Do not leave the gudi up after sunset
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