Ugadi, Cheti Chand, Gudi Padwa: 22 Mar 2023

Chaitra Navratri to Ram Navmi: 22 Mar to 30 Mar 2023

Baisakhi / Vaisakhi, Pohela Baisakh, Naba Barsha, Vishu, Puthandu, Bohag Bihu, Mesh Sankranti (Sankramanam) / Pana Sankranti: 14 April

22 Mar is First day of Lunisolar day and 14 April is First day of Indian / South Asian / South East Asian Solar New Year. These two most popular calendars are celebrated by numerous communities around the world. These include Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhists, Hebrew, Kurdish, Traditional Asian calendars (Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Korean, Indonesian). Ancient calendars in Greece, Egypt and pre-Islamic calendars are based on Lunisolar system.

Tithi (Lunar day) as per Auckland local time and coordinates:

• Pratipada / Ekam / 1st Lunar day from 22 Mar 6.22am to 23 Mar 3.50am (First day of Chaitra Navratri)
• Navami / Num / 9th Lunar day / Ram Navmi from 30 Mar 4.38am to 31 Mar 7am (Ram Navmi)

Chaitra Navratri, Baisakhi and Ram Navmi programs are organised across most of the temples and gurudwaras in New Zealand. Click here for Temples and Gurudwaras in New Zealand.

 Lunisolar calendar festivals 22 Mar:

• Gudi Padwa: Maharashtra, Goa
• Ugadi: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
• Navreh / Navreh Posthe: Kashmir
• Cheti Chand: Sindhi communities, popular in India, Pakistan, Nepal
• Sajibu Nongma Pānba: Manipur
• Sarhul: Jharkhand

Solar calendar / Mesh Sankranti Festivals 14 Apr (1 to 3 days celebrations):

• Mesh Sankranti / Mesha Sankranam: This is the day when Sun transition into Mesh (Aries) zodiac sign
• Vaisakhi / Baisakhi, Punjabi New Year: Northern Indian states Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Laddakh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Pakistan
• Pohela / Pahela Baisakh: Eastern states of India, Bengal, Bangladesh, Orissa, Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh. First day of Bengali calendar নববর্ষ
• Bohag Bihu, Assamese New Year: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
• Buisu, Biju Festival: Tripura
• Sajibu Cheiraoba, Meetei Cheiraoba: Manipur
• Pana Sankranti: Odisha
• Sangken / Songkran: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Thailand
• Jur Sital: Bihar, Jharkhand, Maithili, Nepal
• Losoong: Sikkim
• Galdan Namchot: Ladakh
• Pilava / Puthandu, Tamil New Year: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Sri Lanka
• Nyepi: Indonesia/Bali
• Vishu / Bisu: Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnataka
• Thingyan: Myanmar
• Choul Chnam Thmey: Cambodia
• Pi Mai: Laos
• Songkran: Thailand
• Tet: Vietnam
• Water sprinkling festival: Yunnan