Ugadi 2027
उगादिWednesday 7 April 2027 · in 158 days
Ugadi, or Yugadi, means the start of a new age, and it opens the year for Kannada and Telugu homes. The day is about fresh beginnings, a dish of six tastes, and listening to what the new almanac says.
Pujas for Ugadi, in order
Other mantras for the day
- क्रीं क्रीं क्रीं हूं हूं ह्रीं... Dakshina Kali mantra
- हसैं हसकरीं हसरौ ह्सकरीं हसौं hasaim hasakareem hasaraum hasakareem hasaum
Ugadi 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Wednesday 7 April 2027
- Tithi
- Chaitra Shukla Pratipada
- Pratipada begins
- 5:21 AM, 7 April
- Pratipada ends
- 4:29 AM, 8 April
- Sunrise
- 6:05 AM
- Sunset
- 6:42 PM
Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.
Other years
Ugadi 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Thursday 19 March 2026
- Tithi
- Chaitra Amavasya
- Amavasya begins
- 8:26 AM, 18 March
- Amavasya ends
- 6:54 AM, 19 March
- Sunrise
- 6:26 AM
- Sunset
- 6:31 PM
How to observe
- Clean the house and hang mango leaf torans at the door.
- Take an oil bath, wear new clothes and pray at the home shrine.
- Prepare Ugadi pachadi with six tastes and give everyone a spoon before the meal.
- Cook a festive meal such as holige, obbattu or bobbatlu.
- Listen to the panchanga shravanam for the new year at a temple or gathering.
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About Ugadi
Ugadi falls on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the lunar year in the calendar followed in Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The name comes from yuga and adi, the beginning of an age, and it is believed that Brahma began the work of creation on this day. In Maharashtra the same day is Gudi Padwa, and in the north it opens Chaitra Navratri.
Preparations start days ahead. Homes are cleaned, doorways are hung with torans of mango leaves, and rangoli or muggulu is drawn at the entrance. On the morning itself the family takes an oil bath, wears new clothes and offers prayers at the home shrine or a nearby temple.
The heart of the day is Ugadi pachadi, called bevu bella in Karnataka. It brings together six tastes: neem flowers for bitter, jaggery for sweet, tamarind for sour, raw mango for tang, salt, and pepper or chilli for heat. Everyone takes a little before the meal, as a quiet way of accepting that the year will hold many kinds of days. The festive meal often includes holige or obbattu in Karnataka, and bobbatlu or pulihora in Telugu homes.
Later in the day, people gather at temples or community halls for panchanga shravanam, the reading of the new year's almanac. A priest or scholar reads out the name of the new samvatsara and what the year is said to hold for rain, crops and the twelve rashis. Many listen as much for the tradition as for the forecast.
Ugadi is kept on the day Pratipada is present at sunrise. Each family keeps its own customs for the pachadi, the meal and the prayers, and these vary across districts and communities.