Ugadi (Kannada New Year)
ಯುಗಾದಿ
Thursday, March 19, 2026
ಚಾಂದ್ರಮಾನ ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದ ಮೊದಲ ದಿನ — ಬೇವು-ಬೆಲ್ಲ ಸವಿದು ಸುಖ-ದುಃಖಗಳೆರಡನ್ನೂ ಸಮನಾಗಿ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪದ ಹಬ್ಬ. ಪಂಚಾಂಗ ಶ್ರವಣ ಈ ದಿನದ ವಿಶೇಷ.
The Kannada lunar new year — welcomed with bevu-bella (neem and jaggery), symbolising equanimity in joy and sorrow, and the traditional Panchanga Shravana (hearing the year's almanac).
Auspicious muhurta · ಶುಭ ಮುಹೂರ್ತ
Begin at dawn with abhyanga snana; Panchanga Shravana is best in the forenoon, after the pooja.
How to prepare · ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಿದ್ಧತೆ
Get everything ready before the day — samagri to buy, home preparation and what to arrange in advance.
- 1Buy fresh neem flowers / tender leaves and jaggery for bevu-bella
- 2Get mango leaves for the door torana and fresh flowers for the pooja
- 3Keep new clothes and oil ready for the dawn abhyanga snana
- 4Plan festive naivedya in advance — obbattu / holige and mavinakayi chitranna
- 5Arrange a Panchanga (almanac) or book a purohith for Panchanga Shravana
Pooja vidhi · ಪೂಜಾ ವಿಧಿ
- Oil bath at dawn and new clothes
- Door decorated with mango-leaf torana
- Bevu-bella naivedya and distribution
- Panchanga Shravana — hearing the new year's forecast from a purohith
Stotras for this festival · ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಗಳು
Frequently asked · ಪ್ರಶ್ನೋತ್ತರ
When is Ugadi in 2026?
Ugadi falls on Thursday, March 19, 2026 — the first day of Chaitra masa, beginning the new samvatsara.
What is Panchanga Shravana?
The traditional hearing of the new year's almanac — rainfall, harvest and rashi predictions — read by a purohith on Ugadi day, after the kalasha pooja.
Why is bevu-bella eaten on Ugadi?
The neem's bitterness and jaggery's sweetness together remind us to accept both sorrow and joy with the same mind in the coming year.
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