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The history, origin and significance of Gudi Padwa — where it comes from, what it means, and how it changed over time.
Gudi Padwa 2026: 19 March 20261 dayगुड़ी पड़वा
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Gudi Padwa is the Marathi and Konkani new year, celebrated on the first day of Chaitra. In 2026 it falls on 19 March, the same day as Chaitra Navratri's Ghatasthapana and the Gujarati new year. The name comes from gudi, the decorated flag-like arrangement hoisted outside the house, and padwa, the first day of a lunar fortnight.
The gudi is a bamboo stick topped with a bright silk cloth, neem and mango leaves, a garland of flowers and an upturned silver or copper pot. It is hoisted at a window or above the door on the morning of the festival and traditionally taken down after the day. It is believed to invite prosperity and to mark Brahma's creation of the world on this day.
The day is a major occasion for beginning things in Maharashtra — new businesses, new vehicles, new account books, house-warmings. The traditional prasad is a mixture of neem leaves, jaggery and cumin, which is eaten first thing and is deliberately bitter-sweet: a reminder that the year will hold both.
In Karnataka and parts of Andhra the same day is celebrated as Ugadi or Samvatsaradi, with the Ugadi pachadi combining six tastes, and the panchanga shravanam — the public reading of the year's almanac.
Almost every large Indian festival means something different in different states. That is not a contradiction — it is the history.
Gudi Padwa proper — the gudi hoisted at the window, neem-jaggery prasad, new account books, and processions in Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur and Nashik. In Goa it is celebrated as Samvatsar Padvo.
The same date is Ugadi or Samvatsaradi, celebrated with the Ugadi pachadi and the public reading of the new year's panchanga. In Karnataka it is the Samvatsaradi festival.
Celebrated as the Gujarati new year on the same day, with new account books and a home puja, though the Gujarati year change is more closely tied to Diwali in most communities.
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