New Year's Day

Calendar	Date	Festival name
Region / Communities / Religions^[3]
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Ugadi	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Gudhi Padwa	Maharashtra, Goa
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Navreh	Kashmir
Lunar	varies, Jun/Jul	Ashadhi Bij	Kutch
Lunar	varies, Oct/Nov	Nutan Varsh	Gujarat
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Cheti Chand	Sindhi
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Chaitra Navaratri (Hindu Lunar New Year)	North and Central India (Uttar Pradesh (Awadh, Braj, Bagelkhand), Madhya Pradesh (Bundelkhand, Malwa, Mahakoshal, Gird), Bihar (Bhojpur, Magadh), Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand)
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Mesha Sankranti/Vaisakhi (Hindu Solar New Year)	North India (in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkhand (Garhwal and Kumaon), Nepalis (Sikkim, Darjeeling)
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Puthandu	Tamil Nadu
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Vishu (traditional)	Kerala
	fixed, 17/18 August	1st Chingam (Kollam era calendar)
Solar	fixed, 14/15 April	Bisu Parba	Tulu Nadu
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Sajibu Cheiraoba^[4]	Manipur
Solar	fixed, 14/15 Apr	Buisu	Tripura
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 Apr	Bwisagu	Bodoland
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Bohag Bihu	Assam
Solar	fixed, 13/14 April	Pana Sankranti	Odisha
Solar	fixed, 14/15 April	Pahela Baishakh	West Bengal and the wider Bengal region
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Jur Sital	Mithila
Lunar	varies, Dec	Losoong/Namsoong	Sikkim (Bhutia, Lepcha)
Lunar	varies, Dec	Galdan Namchot	Ladakh
Lunar	varies, Feb	Losar	Arunachal Pradesh (Monpa)
Lunar	varies, Feb/Mar	Gyalpo Lhosar	Sikkim (Sherpa)
Lunar	varies, Dec/Jan	Tamu Lhosar	Sikkim (Gurung)
Lunar	varies, Jan/Feb	Sonam Lhosar	Sikkim (Tamang)
Solar	fixed, 13/14 Apr	Sangken	Arunachal Pradesh (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa), Assam (Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Turung)
Solar	fixed, 13/14 Apr	Bizhu	Chakma
Solar	varies, 17, 18, 19 Aug^[5]	Pateti	Parsis
Solar	fixed, 21 March	Nowruz^[6][note 1]	Zoroastrians

See also[edit]

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  Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar
  
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  Diwali in Gujarat
  
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  Hindu units of time
  
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  Hindu calendar
  
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  Indian national calendar
  
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  Lunar New Year
  
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  Nyepi, new year in Balinese Hinduism
  
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  South and Southeast Asian solar New Year
  

Notes[edit]

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