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A gudi or victory pole is erected outside the house on this day. The special dish on the day includes Shreekhand. Neem leaves are eaten on this day to ward off illness during the new year. Gudi Padwa, like Diwali Padwa and Dasara, is considered one of the three and half auspicious days of the Marathi calendar.
Gudi Padwa is a spring festival marking the start of the lunisolar new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus. [1] It is celebrated in and around Maharashtra , Goa & Damaon at the start of Chaitra , the first month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar .
Maharashtran Hindus refer to the festival, observed on the same day, as Gudi Padwa (Marathi: गुढी पाडवा). [19] The Sindhis celebrate the same day as Cheti Chand, which is the beginning of their calendar year. [20] Manipuris also celebrate their New Year as Sajibu Nongma Panba on the same day. [21]
Those following the 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 like Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra.
Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand, Yugadi, Navreh (Chandramana Nava Varsha) Traditional Gudhi: First Day of waxing moon of Chaitra (Hindu calendar) Gudhi Padwa / ChetiChand is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu Lunar month of Chaitra, and is celebrated as New Year's Day by Marathis, Konkanis and Sindhis.
Gudi Padwa: Floating Celebrates the beginning of the Marathi and Konkani New Year June – July: Ratha Yatra: Floating Hindu festival involving a public procession of chariots with the deities Jagannath, Balarama and Subhadra celebrated in Ashadha month of Hindu calendar August – September: Krishna Janmashtami: Floating
Chaitra (Sanskrit: चैत्र, romanized: Caitra) is a month of the Hindu calendar.. In the standard Hindu calendar and India's national civil calendar, Chaitra is the first month of the year.
Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Holi, Rama Navami, Puthandu, Vishu, Rongali Bihu, Baisakhi, Hanuman Jayanti: 2 Grīṣma ग्रीष्म Summer/Hot Season Jyeshtha and Ashadha ~ May & June Very hot, temperatures up to 45-50 degrees celsius; summer solstice occurs. This is one of the two typical Indian/ Hindu Marriage Seasons.