Ugadi 2027 — Wednesday 7 April
ఉగాది 2027
Chaitra Shudda Padyami — beginning of Plavanga Samvatsara · Yugadi / Telugu New Year (Plavanga Samvatsara) · Sunrise (06:02 IST) to Madhyahna (~12:30) is the auspicious Panchanga Sravanam window (Hyderabad)
Ugadi 2027 (also called Yugadi / Telugu New Year (Plavanga Samvatsara)) falls on Wednesday, 7 April 2027. Telugu New Year marking the beginning of the Plavanga Samvatsara in the 60-year cycle. Celebrates Lord Brahma's creation of the universe. The most auspicious New Year for AP/Telangana/Karnataka households. Primary observance: Ugadi Pachadi preparation (6 tastes representing 6 emotions), Panchanga Sravanam at temple/mantapam, oil bath (Abhyangana Snanam), new clothes, neem-jaggery prashada, mango torans, Brahmotsavam at Tirumala / Bhadrachalam. Recommended muhurat: Sunrise (06:02 IST) to Madhyahna (~12:30) is the auspicious Panchanga Sravanam window (Hyderabad).
Ugadi 2027 — Date & Muhurat
| Festival Date | Wednesday, 7 April 2027 |
| Telugu Masa & Tithi | Chaitra Shudda Padyami — beginning of Plavanga Samvatsara |
| Primary Muhurat | Sunrise (06:02 IST) to Madhyahna (~12:30) is the auspicious Panchanga Sravanam window (Hyderabad) |
| Alternative Names | Yugadi / Telugu New Year (Plavanga Samvatsara) |
All timings computed using Lahiri Ayanamsa Swiss Ephemeris for Hyderabad (17.385°N, 78.486°E). For exact local timings in other cities use our Today's Panchangam tool.
Significance of Ugadi 2027
Telugu New Year marking the beginning of the Plavanga Samvatsara in the 60-year cycle. Celebrates Lord Brahma's creation of the universe. The most auspicious New Year for AP/Telangana/Karnataka households.
Key Rituals on Ugadi 2027
Ugadi Pachadi preparation (6 tastes representing 6 emotions), Panchanga Sravanam at temple/mantapam, oil bath (Abhyangana Snanam), new clothes, neem-jaggery prashada, mango torans, Brahmotsavam at Tirumala / Bhadrachalam.
Ugadi 2027 Puja Samagri Checklist (Shopping List)
Items to procure 1-2 days before Ugadi 2027:
| # | Item |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mango leaves toran |
| 2 | Neem + jaggery + tamarind + chilli + raw mango + salt (Ugadi Pachadi 6 tastes) |
| 3 | New clothes |
| 4 | Sesame oil for abhyanga |
| 5 | Akshat + kumkum |
| 6 | Coconut + bananas |
| 7 | Yellow + orange flowers |
| 8 | Camphor + ghee lamp |
| 9 | Naivedyam: bobbatlu, kheer, pulihora |
| 10 | Panchanga book for Panchanga Sravanam |
Regional Variations of Ugadi 2027
AP/Telangana: Ugadi Pachadi + Panchanga Sravanam (most important). Karnataka: Yugadi same day. Maharashtra: Gudi Padwa (same day). Tamil Nadu: Tamil Puthandu (mid-April, different date). North India: Chaitra Navratri begins same day.
What Ugadi Marks
Ugadi is yuga plus adi — the beginning of an age. It is the first day of Chaitra's bright fortnight, the first day of the Telugu and Kannada year, and the tradition places the beginning of creation itself on it: Brahma is said to have begun the work of making the worlds on this day, which is why the year is counted from here rather than from any solar marker.
The choice of day is not arbitrary. It sits at the end of the cold and the beginning of spring, when the mango has flowered, the neem has flowered, and the trees that shed in winter have leafed again. The koel is heard. The harvest is finished and the next sowing has not begun, which makes it the one point in the agricultural year with nothing urgent in it — the right place to put a new year.
The year that begins has a name, drawn from a cycle of sixty. Each samvatsara in that cycle has its own name and its own character in the traditional reckoning, and the cycle repeats every sixty years, so a person who lives long enough sees the name of the year of their birth come round again. The name of the year beginning on this page is given above with the date; the panchanga read out at the temple on this morning is the year under that name.
What distinguishes Ugadi from a calendar change is that it asks for the whole of the coming year to be accepted in advance, bitter parts included. That is what the pachadi is for, and it is the only new year observance built around a dish that is deliberately not pleasant.
Ugadi Puja Vidhi — Step by Step
Ugadi is kept through the morning, and the Panchanga Sravanam is customarily held after the midday meal or in the evening at the temple. No single clock time governs the day; the day's panchangam details are in the panel above.
| Step | What is done |
|---|---|
| 1 | Abhyanga snanam before sunrise — Oil applied to the head and body, left a while, then a bath before sunrise. This is the formal beginning of the year and is not skipped. |
| 2 | Mango-leaf toranam and muggu — Tie fresh mango leaves across the doorways and draw the muggu at the threshold with a fresh pot of rangoli. The mango leaf is the festival's mark. |
| 3 | New clothes — Everyone in the house wears new clothes, customarily bought before the day and worn first after the bath. |
| 4 | Puja at the altar — Invoke Ganesha, then the household deity, with a lamp, dhupa, spring flowers and the first fruit of the season. Where the family keeps a Samvatsara puja, the incoming year is invoked here. |
| 5 | Prepare the Ugadi Pachadi — Make the six-taste mixture and place it before the deity first, before anyone eats. This is the central act of the day. |
| 6 | Naivedyam and the first tasting — Offer the pachadi, bobbatlu or holige, pulihora and payasam. The pachadi is then taken first, by everyone, before any other food. |
| 7 | Panchanga Sravanam — The new year's almanac is read out — the year's name, its lord, the rainfall reckoning, the aaya and vyaya, and the outlook by rasi. Held at the temple, or read at home from the almanac where no reading is available. |
| 8 | Visiting and greeting — Elders are greeted and their blessing taken; sweets go to neighbours. In Karnataka the bevu-bella is carried house to house. |
| 9 | Kavi Sammelanam and Vasantotsavam — The literary gathering held on Ugadi evening is a Telugu custom of long standing, and the spring festival observances begin from today. |
| 10 | Beginning something — Ugadi is the customary day to begin — a new account book, a course of study, a parayana, a vrat, a business. Anything begun today is held to carry the year's start with it. |
If only one thing can be done, make the pachadi and take it before anything else is eaten. Everything else on this list is the setting for it.
Is Ugadi a Fasting Day?
Ugadi is a feast, and there is no prescribed fast. What it has instead is an order — one thing must be tasted before anything else.
| Practice | What is customary |
|---|---|
| Before eating | The pachadi is offered to the deity and then taken by every member of the household before any other food of the day. This order is the observance. |
| The meal | A full festival meal follows — bobbatlu or holige, pulihora, payasam, vada, the season's vegetables. Eating well is in keeping with the day. |
| What is set aside | Meat, alcohol, onion and garlic are avoided for the day in households that keep the distinction. |
| Where a vrat is kept | Households beginning Chaitra Navratri today keep that vrat's discipline from the evening onward; Ugadi itself imposes none. |
A new year kept as a fast would contradict what the day is about. The discipline on Ugadi is the pachadi, not abstinence.
Mantras Chanted on Ugadi
Ugadi has no mantra of its own. These are the ones used at the morning puja and at the start of the year's first undertaking.
| Mantra | What it means |
|---|---|
| ఓం శ్రీ గణేశాయ నమః Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah | Invoked first, because the whole day is a beginning and Ganesha is invoked at every beginning. |
| ఓం భూర్భువః స్వః తత్సవితుర్వరేణ్యం భర్గో దేవస్య ధీమహి ధియో యో నః ప్రచోదయాత్ Om bhur bhuvah svah, tat savitur varenyam, bhargo devasya dhimahi, dhiyo yo nah prachodayat | The Gayatri, chanted after the bath and before the puja. Households that keep a count begin a new count today. |
| శుభమస్తు · శోభనమస్తు Shubham astu · Shobhanam astu | The words with which the Panchanga Sravanam is closed and the greetings of the day are exchanged — let there be good, let there be auspiciousness. |
Chant at whatever pace lets the words stay clear. Tradition counts attention, not speed, and a short count said with care is held better than a long one rushed. If a syllable is uncertain, follow your family priest or your temple's recitation rather than a transliteration.
How Ugadi Is Kept Region by Region
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada is the new year across a wide band of the country under different names, and the pachadi is what is distinctive to the Telugu and Kannada observance.
| Region | How the day is kept |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | Kept as Ugadi. The pachadi with its six tastes, bobbatlu, pulihora, the mango-leaf toranam, the Panchanga Sravanam at the temple and the Kavi Sammelanam in the evening. Households also read the aaya-vyaya for the year and note the rainfall reckoning. |
| Karnataka | Kept as Yugadi. Bevu-Bella — neem flower and jaggery — is eaten first and carried to other houses, holige is made, and the Panchanga Shravana is held at the temple. In the coastal districts the day is marked with the household's own almanac reading. |
| Maharashtra and Goa | Kept as Gudi Padwa. A gudi is raised at the doorway — a bamboo pole with a bright cloth, a neem sprig, a garland of sugar crystals and an inverted copper pot at the top — and shrikhand-puri and puran poli are made. Neem and jaggery are eaten here too. |
| Sindhi households | Kept as Cheti Chand, the Sindhi new year, with the Behrana Sahib procession and the observance of Jhulelal. |
| Kashmir | Kashmiri Pandits keep Navreh on the same tithi, and the Nechipatra — the new almanac — is looked at first thing in the morning along with rice, curd, walnuts and a coin arranged on a plate the night before. |
| Manipur | Kept as Sajibu Nongma Panba or Cheiraoba, with a hill climbed in the afternoon and a feast prepared and offered at the doorway. |
| Tamil Nadu and Kerala | The new year here is solar rather than lunar and falls a fortnight or so later, as Puthandu and Vishu, so Ugadi is not the new year in these states though Chaitra Navratri begins on it. |
| Telugu and Kannada diaspora | Temple Ugadi celebrations abroad combine the Panchanga Sravanam with the Kavi Sammelanam and a community meal, often held on the nearest weekend rather than on the day. |
Ugadi Pachadi — the six tastes and what each stands for
The pachadi is the only dish in the Hindu calendar designed to be unpleasant in part. Six tastes go into one bowl, and each is matched to something the year will bring. The point is that the bowl is taken as it is, mixed, without separating the parts.
Jaggery for sweetness and happiness. Neem flower for bitterness and sorrow. Raw mango for tartness and surprise. Tamarind for sourness and the things that will be distasteful. Green chilli or pepper for heat and anger. Salt for fear. Some households count a sixth taste as astringency and use raw banana or unripe tamarind for it; the count of six is kept whatever the exact items.
Neem flowers and jaggery alone are the older and simplest form, and that is what Karnataka keeps as bevu-bella. Adding the other four makes the point explicit. There is no version in which the bitter part is left out, and a child who dislikes it is given less of it rather than none.
The tasting is done before any other food of the day, after the bowl has been offered. That order is the whole observance: the year is accepted in full, in advance, and then the festival meal follows.
Panchanga Sravanam — what the year's reading covers
Listening to the new almanac being read is the formal part of Ugadi, and it is what distinguishes it from a date change. A priest or an elder reads out the incoming year's reckoning to the gathering, traditionally at the temple in the afternoon or evening.
The reading names the samvatsara and its lord, the lords of the year's divisions, the rainfall reckoning and the expected yield, the aaya and vyaya — the year's income and expenditure in the traditional sense — and then the outlook rasi by rasi for everyone present. It closes with the auspicious words of the day.
It is read out rather than handed over deliberately. The year begins with the household hearing the same account together, and the almanac is then kept in the house for the rest of the year and consulted for every muhurtam. Where no reading is available, the custom is to open the new almanac at home on this morning before anything else is read.
More Questions About Ugadi
What does the word Ugadi mean?
Why does the Ugadi Pachadi have to include bitter neem?
Is Ugadi the same as Gudi Padwa and Yugadi?
What is Panchanga Sravanam?
Why is the year given a name, and where does the name come from?
Is Ugadi a good day to start something new?
Points Households Most Often Get Wrong
| # | Point |
|---|---|
| 1 | Leaving the neem out of the pachadi — The bitter part is the reason the dish exists. Reduce the quantity for children, but do not make a version without it. |
| 2 | Eating before the pachadi has been offered and tasted — The order is the observance: offered first, tasted by everyone next, then the meal. |
| 3 | Using ripe mango instead of raw — The tartness is one of the six tastes and ripe mango replaces it with more sweetness. Raw mango, and a little of it. |
| 4 | Treating it as a fast — Ugadi has no prescribed fast. It is a feast with one dish taken first. |
| 5 | Buying mango leaves after the day has begun — The toranam goes up before the bath, and the leaves are bought or cut the day before along with the new clothes and the pachadi ingredients. |