Ugadi (Kannada New Year)
ಯುಗಾದಿ
Wednesday, April 7, 2027
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 (Kannada New Year) in 2027?
Ugadi (Kannada New Year) falls on Wednesday, April 7, 2027.
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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