In short
- Ugadi 2027
- Wednesday, 7 April 2027
- Tithi
- Chaitra Shukla PratipadaChaitra Shukla Pratipada (amanta)
- Observed for
- A good year ahead
What is it? New year’s day in the Kannada (chandramana) calendar — the first day of Chaitra.
Why do families keep it? Tradition holds that Brahma began creation on this day. A new samvatsara of the sixty-year cycle begins.
What happens on the day? Oil bath, mango leaves at the door, bevu-bella for everyone, puje, a festive meal with holige, and panchanga shravana in the evening.
When to observe Ugadi in 2027
| Pratipada tithi begins | Wed, 7 Apr, 05:21 AM |
|---|---|
| Pratipada tithi ends | Thu, 8 Apr, 04:29 AM |
| Sunrise | 06:12 AM |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:57 AM – 12:47 PM |
| Sunset | 06:32 PM |
| Rahu Kaala — keep aside | 12:22 PM – 01:54 PM |
What Ugadi means
Bevu-bella
Neem and jaggery eaten together: bitter and sweet, the two sides of the year to come, taken in one mouthful and with an even mind.
Panchanga shravana
In the evening a pandit reads the new year’s panchanga — the year’s name, its rulers, the rains and harvests, and what each rashi can expect.
A day good on its own
Ugadi is one of the three and a half muhurtas of the year. Families begin new work, enter new homes and buy gold without searching for a muhurta.
Brahma begins the world
Who is in it: Brahma, Vishnu
Before the world, the Puranas say, there was only water and Vishnu asleep on it. From his navel rose a lotus, and on the lotus sat Brahma.
Brahma meditated and, on the first day of the bright half of Chaitra, began to create — space, time, the worlds and every living thing.
So the day is the yuga-adi, the beginning of an age — Ugadi.
What it teaches: Every year is a new creation. Begin it with both the bitter and the sweet in hand.
Ugadi puja at home, step by step
Getting ready
- 1Clean the house; tie mango-leaf and neem torans at the door.
- 2Draw rangoli at the entrance.
- 3Prepare bevu-bella: neem flowers, jaggery, tamarind, a pinch of salt, and raw mango.
The puja
- 1Take an oil bath and wear new clothes.
- 2Worship the family deity and Ganapati with flowers, lamps and naivedya.
- 3Offer bevu-bella to the deity, then give some to everyone, saying the Ugadi shloka.
- 4Offer the festive meal as naivedya — obbattu (holige), payasa, chitranna.
Closing the puja
- 1Visit elders for blessings.
- 2In the evening, listen to panchanga shravana — at home, at a temple or online.
What to keep ready for Ugadi
Must have
| What | How much | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Neem flowers and leaves | A handful | Bevu-bella and the toran |
| Jaggery, tamarind, raw mango | A little | Bevu-bella |
| Mango leaves | One bunch | Toran at the door |
| Flowers, arishina-kumkuma, lamp | As needed | Puje |
| New panchanga | 1 | Reading the new year |
Good to have
| What | How much | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| New clothes | — | Worn after the oil bath |
Family and regional customs
| What | How much | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Holige (obbattu), mango chitranna | — | The Ugadi meal in Karnataka |
Good practice, and what to avoid
Please do
- Eat the bevu-bella before anything else.
- Begin something you want to grow this year.
- Listen to the new panchanga.
Best avoided
- Start the year in a quarrel.
- Waste the festive food — share it.
Chants for Ugadi
Nimba bhakshana shloka
शतायुर्वज्रदेहाय सर्वसम्पत्कराय च।
सर्वारिष्टविनाशाय निम्बकं दलभक्षणम्॥
ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ
ಶತಾಯುರ್ವಜ್ರದೇಹಾಯ ಸರ್ವಸಮ್ಪತ್ಕರಾಯ ಚ।
ಸರ್ವಾರಿಷ್ಟವಿನಾಶಾಯ ನಿಮ್ಬಕಂ ದಲಭಕ್ಷಣಮ್॥
śatāyurvajradehāya sarvasampatkarāya ca| sarvāriṣṭavināśāya nimbakaṃ dalabhakṣaṇam||
What it means: For a hundred years of life and a body strong as diamond, for every kind of wealth and to end every misfortune — I eat the neem leaf.
Ugadi from region to region
Karnataka
Bevu-bella, holige and panchanga shravana; in North Karnataka the day is also called Yugadi.
Andhra and Telangana
Ugadi pachadi with six tastes, and panchanga sravanam.
Maharashtra
Gudi Padwa — a gudi (a pole with silk and a pot) raised at every house.
Have the Ugadi puja done for you
Two ways to do it. At a temple: the pandit takes your family’s name and gotra in the sankalpa and sends you the photos and video. At home: a pandit from our panel comes to you with the vidhi, and you sit for the puja yourself.
Where this comes from
- Brahma Purana tradition for creation beginning on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada.
- Karnataka chandramana panchanga practice for Ugadi.
- The nimba shloka as recited in Karnataka homes.
How we work out the dates: Stuti Mandir’s own panchanga engine places the Sun and Moon (Lahiri ayanamsa) and checks the tithi against sunrise, sunset and moonrise in Bengaluru, in IST. A printed panchanga may differ by a minute or so. Where your family’s panchanga or your purohita says otherwise, go with them.
Questions devotees ask us
When is Ugadi 2027?
Wednesday, 7 April 2027. In Bengaluru, Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (amanta; Chaitra Shukla Pratipada in the North Indian count) begins Wed, 7 Apr, 05:21 AM and ends Thu, 8 Apr, 04:29 AM IST.
Will Mysuru and Delhi keep Ugadi on the same day?
Mostly yes. But the sun rises and sets at different times in different towns, and a habba is kept on the day its tithi is running at the right hour — so timings shift, and once in a while the date does too. Change the town above to see yours.
Is Ugadi the same as Tamil Puthandu?
No. Ugadi follows the Moon (Chaitra Shukla Pratipada). Puthandu and Vishu follow the Sun’s entry into Mesha, in mid-April.
What is the new year called?
Each year has a name from the sixty-year cycle of samvatsaras; our panchanga page shows the current one.