Indian New Year's days

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There are numerous days throughout the year celebrated as New Year's Day in the different regions of the Indian Republic. The observance is determined by whether the lunar, solar or lunisolar calendar is being followed. For those regions which follow the solar calendar, the new year falls as Chet in Punjab, Bohag Bihu in Assam, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu in Kerala, Maha Bishuba Sankranti or Odia Nababarsa in Odisha, Poila Boishakh in Bengal and Jur Sital in the Mithila region of Bihar in the Vaishakha month of the calendar. Generally, this day falls during 14th or 15th of the month of April. Those following the lunar calendar consider the month of Chaitra (corresponding to March–April) as the first month of the year, so the new year is celebrated on the first day of this month like Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra. Similarly, some regions in India consider the period between consecutive Sankarantis as one month and others take the period between consecutive Purnimas as a month. In Gujarat the new year is celebrated as the day after Diwali. As per the Hindu Calendar, it falls on Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu month of Kartik. As per the Indian Calendar based on the lunar cycle, Kartik is the first month of the year and the New Year in Gujarat falls on the first bright day of Kartik (Ekam). In other parts of India, New Year celebrations begin in the spring.

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CalendarDateFestival nameRegion / Communities / Religions [3]
Solar1 Vaisakh (13/14 April) Vaisakhi Jammu, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and parts of Delhi
Lunarvaries, Mar/Apr Chaitra Navaratri
(Hindu Lunar New Year)		 Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan (except Marwar region), Bihar (Bhojpur, Magadh), Uttar Pradesh (Awadh, Braj, Bagelkhand, Bhojpur-Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Kannauj, Rohilkhand), Madhya Pradesh (Bagelkhand, Bundelkhand, Malwa, Mahakoshal, Gird), Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and parts of Delhi
Lunarvaries, Mar/Apr Ugadi Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, parts of Goa
Lunarvaries, Mar/Apr Gudi Padwa Maharashtra, Goa (Konkan)
Lunarvaries, Mar/Apr Navreh Kashmir
Lunarvaries, Jun/JulAshadhi Bij Kutch
Lunarvaries, Oct/Nov Nutan Varsh Gujarat and Rajasthan (Marwar region)
Lunarvaries, Mar/Apr Cheti Chand Sindh, Sindhi Hindus
Solarfixed, 13/14/15 April Mesha Sankranti
(Hindu Solar New Year)		 Uttarakhand (Garhwal and Kumaon), Nepalis (parts of Nepal, Sikkim and Darjeeling of West Bengal)
Solarfixed, 13/14/15 April Puthandu Tamil Nadu
Solarfixed, 13/14/15 April Vishu
(traditional)		 Kerala
fixed, 17/18 August 1st Chingam
(Kollam era calendar)
Solarfixed, 14/15 April Bisu Parba Tulu Nadu
Lunarvaries, Mar/Apr Sajibu Cheiraoba [4] Manipur
Solarfixed, 14/15 Apr Buisu Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council of Tripura
Solarfixed, 13/14/15 Apr Bwisagu Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam
Solarfixed, 13/14/15 April Bohag Bihu Brahmaputra Valley of Assam
Solarfixed, 13/14 April Maha Bishuba Sankranti Odisha
Solarfixed, 14/15 April Pahela Baishakh West Bengal, parts of Tripura and Barak Valley of Assam
Solarfixed, 13/14/15 April Jur Sital Bihar (Mithila region)
Lunarvaries, Dec Losoong/Namsoong Sikkim (Bhutia, Lepcha)
Lunarvaries, Feb Losar Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh (Monpa)
Lunarvaries, Oct/Nov Mha Puja Sikkim (Newar)
Lunarvaries, Feb/Mar Gyalpo Lhosar Sikkim (Sherpa)
Lunarvaries, Dec/Jan Tamu Lhosar Sikkim (Gurung)
Lunarvaries, Jan/Feb Sonam Lhosar Sikkim (Tamang)
Solarfixed, 13/14 Apr Sangken Arunachal Pradesh (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa), Assam (Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Turung)
Solarfixed, 13/14 Apr Bizhu Chakma Autonomous District Council of Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh (Chakma)
Solarvaries, 17, 18, 19 Aug [5] Pateti Parsis
Solarfixed, 21 March Nowruz [6] [note 1] Iranis/other Zoroastrians

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Notes

  1. ↑ Mughal records state that Nowruz was celebrated in northwestern Indian subcontinent, but inconsistently. Some Mughal emperors favoring its celebration while others not participating because it was not sanctioned by Sharia. Aurangzeb banned its celebration in 1659, calling it "festival of fireworshippers" and the celebration as a "stupid act". [7]

References

  1. ↑ Sewell, Robert; Dikshit, S. B. (31 May 1995). The Indian Calendar with Tables of the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan into A.D. Dates & Vice Versa. Motilal Banarsidass Publisher. ISBN   9788120812079.
  2. ↑ Sewell, Robert; Dikshit, S. B. (31 May 1995). The Indian Calendar with Tables of the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan into A.D. Dates & Vice Versa. Motilal Banarsidass Publisher. ISBN   9788120812079.
  3. ↑ Roshen Dalal (2010). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin Books India. pp. 136–137. ISBN   978-0-14-341421-6.
  4. ↑ Arambam Noni; Kangujam Sanatomba (2015). Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur. Routledge. p. 249. ISBN   978-1-317-27066-9.
  5. ↑ "Navroz Mubarak: 6 Fascinating Facts About Parsi New Year!". newsworldindia.in. News World India. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Jaisinghani, Bella (19 March 2017). "Irani New Year to be celebrated today and tomorrow". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Stephen P. Blake (2013). Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires. Cambridge University Press. pp. 89–91. ISBN   978-1-107-03023-7.
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