Indian New Year's days

There are numerous days throughout the year celebrated as New Year's Day in the different regions of India. Observance is determined by whether the lunar calendar is being followed or the solar calendar. Those regions which follow the Solar calendar, the new year falls on Baisakhi in North and Central India,Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh Rongali Bihu in Assam, Tamil Putthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu in Kerala, Bishuva Sankranti in Odisha and Poila Boishakh in Bengal in the month of the calendar, i.e., Vaishakha. Generally, this day falls during 14th or 15th of the month of April. Those following Lunar calendar consider the month of Chaitra (corresponding to March-April) as the first month of the year, so the new year is celebrated on the first day of this month. Similarly, few regions in India consider the period between consecutive Sankarantis as one month and few others take the period between consecutive Purnimas as a month.

Details
  • Hindu religious festivals are based on Vikram Samvat. Notwithstanding the Purnimanta scheme of months that is in use in North India, the New year in Vikram Samvat starts from the first day of Chaitra Shukla Paksha.[1]
  • 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.[2]

Calendar view
Solar or Lunar calendar Date Festival name Religion / Regions (Hindu)[3]
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprUgadiKarnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprBighuJharkhand
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprRam Navami (Chaitra Navaratri)[4]North India (in UP, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, MP)
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprBikhuUttarakhand
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprGudhi Padwa / Samsaar PadwoMaharashtra, Goa, Konkan
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprCheiraoba[5]Manipur
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprNavrehKashmir
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprNavratraJammu
--NavratraRajasthan
Lunarvaries, Mar/AprCheti ChandSindh
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15VaisakhiPunjab
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Bohag BihuAssam
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Tamil puthanduTamil Nadu
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15VishuKerala
Solarfixed, August 15/16/17First day of Chingam in Malayalam Calendar (Kollam Era)Kerala
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Bishuva SankrantiOdisha
Solarfixed, April 14/15Poila BoishakhBengal
Solarfixed, April 13/14/15Jud SheetalMithila, part of Bihar
Lunarvaries, Oct/NovNav VarasGujarat
Solarvaries, Aug 17,18,19[6]PatetiParsis
SolarFixed, March 21Nowruz[7][note 1]Zoroastrians

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".[8]

References
  1. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=CQ8iAVwA-yEC&lpg=PA30&ots=F93n3A0L4F&dq=purnimanta%20calendar%20edu&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=purnimanta&f=false
  2. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=CQ8iAVwA-yEC&lpg=PA30&ots=F93n3A0L4F&dq=purnimanta%20calendar%20edu&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=gujarat&f=false
  3. Roshen Dalal (2010). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin Books India. pp. 136–137. ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6.
  4. https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/vikram-samvat-new-year-today/cid/403455
  5. Arambam Noni; Kangujam Sanatomba (2015). Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur. Routledge. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-317-27066-9.
  6. "Navroz Mubarak: 6 Fascinating Facts About Parsi New Year!". newsworldindia.in. News World India. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  7. Jaisinghani, Bella (19 March 2017). "Irani New Year to be celebrated today and tomorrow". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Times of India. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  8. 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.
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