Indian New Year's days

There are numerous types of Indian New Year's days celebrated in various regions at various times of the year. Observance is determined by whether the lunar calendar is being following or the solar calendar. Those states/regions who follow solar calendar, the new year falls on SANKRANTI of the first month of the Indian calendar i.e. BAISAKHA/VAISAKHA. Mostly this day falls during 13th - 15th of the month of April of the English calendar. Those following Lunar calendar, month of CHAITRA (mostly falls in the month of March) is considered as the first month of the year, so the new year is celebrated in this month. In the same way, few regions/states in India follow Sankaranti-to-Sankaranti as one month and few regions follow Purnami (full moon day) -to-Purnami as a month.

Calendar View

Solar or Lunar calendar Date Festival name Religion / Regions (Hindu)[1]
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprUgadiAndhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprBighuBihar
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprPratipadaUttar Pradesh
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprBikhuUttarakhand
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprGudhi Padwa / Samsaar PadwoMaharashtra, Goa, Konkan
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprCheiraoba[2]Manipur
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprNavrehKashmir
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprNavratraJammu
---Rajasthan
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprCheti ChandSindh
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15VaisakhiPunjab
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Rongali BihuAssam
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Tamil puthanduTamil Nadu
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15VishuKerala
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Bishuva SankrantiOdisha
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Poila BoishakhBengal
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Jud SheetalMithila, part of Bihar
Lunarvaries, Oct/NovBestu VarasGujarat
Solarvaries, Aug 17,18,19[3]NowruzParsis
SolarFixed, March 21Nowruz[4][note 1]Zoroastrians

Details

  • In Gujarat, the next day of Diwali is celebrated as the first day of the Vikram Samvat calendar which is the first day of the month Kartik.[6]
  • Hindu religious festivals are based on Vikram Samvat. New year in Vikram Samvat starts from the first day of Chaitra Shukla paksha.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Mughal records state that Nowruz was celebrated in northwestern Indian subcontinent, but inconsistently. Some Mughal emperors favoring its celebration while others not participating because it was not sanctioned by Sharia. Aurangzeb banned its celebration in 1659, calling it "festival of fireworshippers" and the celebration as a "stupid act".[5]

References

  1. ↑ Roshen Dalal (2010). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin Books India. pp. 136–137. ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6.
  2. ↑ Arambam Noni; Kangujam Sanatomba (2015). Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur. Routledge. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-317-27066-9.
  3. ↑ "Navroz Mubarak: 6 Fascinating Facts About Parsi New Year!". newsworldindia.in. News World India. March 20, 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Jaisinghani, Bella (March 19, 2017). "Irani New Year to be celebrated today and tomorrow". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Times of India. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Stephen P. Blake (2013). Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires. Cambridge University Press. pp. 89–91. ISBN 978-1-107-03023-7.
  6. ↑ "Gujarat CM to exchange Diwali-New Year greetings with people". 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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