HappyVikram Samvat 2080

Happy Ugadi, Gudi Padava, Cheti Chand and Hindu New Year

Along with Chaitra Navratri, March 22, 2023 India celebrates Hindu New Year: Vikram Samvat 2080, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa and Chetri Chandra.

Ugadi or Yugadi, also known as Samvatsarādi (meaning "beginning of the year"), is New Year's Day according to the Hindu calendar and is celebrated in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Goa in India. It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra. It also falls during the Tamil month of either Panguni or Chithrai, sometimes on the day after Amavasya with 27th Nakshatra Revati. Ugadi day is pivoted on the first New Moon after March Equinox.

Gudi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus. It is celebrated in and around Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on the first day of the Chaitra month, to mark the beginning of the new year according to the lunisolar method of the Hindu calendar. Padava or paadvo comes from the Sanskrit word pratipada, which is the first day of a lunar fortnight. The spring festival is observed with colourful floor decorations called rangoli, a special Gudi dvaja (a saree or piece of cloth garlanded with flowers, mango and neem leaves, sugar crystal garland called gathi, topped with upturned silver or copper vessels).

Chetri Chandra (in Sindhi: Moon of Chaitra) is a festival that marks the beginning of the Lunar Hindu New Year for Sindhi Hindus. The date of the festival is based on the lunar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, falling on the first day of the year, in the Sindhi month of Chet (Chaitra). The festival marks the birth of Uderolal in 1007, after they prayed to the Hindu god Varun Dev on the banks of River Indus.

Vikram Samvat 2080

King Vikramaditya of Ujjain started Vikram Samvat in 57 BC and it is believed that this calendar follows his victory over the Sakas in 56 B.C.

According to the Pratisarga Parvan of Bhavisya Purana, Vikramaditya was the second son of Ujjain's King Gandharvasena of Paramara dynasty.

Vikramaditya was a legendary Indian Emperor, known for his generosity, courage, and patronage of scholars. Vikramaditya is featured in hundreds of traditional stories including those in Baital Pachisi and Singhasan Battisi. Many describe him as a universal ruler, with his capital at Ujjain (Pataliputra or Pratishthana in a few stories).

With Best Wishes,

Dr T P Singh

(त्रिभुवन सिंह)

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