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Rare coincidence / new year (Gudi Padwa- Ugadi) from 25 March; 178 years ago, in Chaitra Navratri, Guru entered Makara, the same will happen in 2020.

Chaitra Navratri has started from Wednesday, 25 March 2020. On this day, the Kalash will be established and the Hindu New Year will begin. Gudi Padwa and Shri Jhulelal Jayanti will also be celebrated on this date. A special coincidence is being made in this Navratri. According to Pt. Manish Sharma, Jyotishacharya of Ujjain, in the middle of Navratri, the Guru will go from his zodiac sign to Capricorn. Capricorn is the low zodiac sign of Guru. That is, in the middle of Navratri, the Guru will become lowly. Chaitra Navratri will last till Thursday, 2 April.

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Ugadi / Gudi padwa

Gudi Padwa 2020 – Significance and Rituals

Gudi Padwa or ‘Chaitra Shukla Pratipada’, is a festival celebrated more commonly in Maharashtra by the Hindus. It falls on the first day of the Chaitra month, which corresponds to the March/April of the Gregorian calendar. This day is the beginning of the New Year according to the LuniSolar Hindu calendar. It is also the first day of Chaitra Navratri.

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Gudi Padwa 2020 : Customs and Rituals of the festival, Significance; Date and mahurat

The festival is most commonly celebrated in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Surprisingly, the festival is also celebrated as the New Year day for the Marathi community, Telugu New Year (known traditionally as Ugadi), Kannada New Year (known as Yugadi), Sindhi New Year (Cheti Chand), and Kashmiri New Year (Navreh).

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