Ugadi 2023: Date, Muhurta, Rituals And Significance Of This Festival

Ugadi is one of the widely celebrated festivals observed in the South Indian states. Every year the festival is observed as per the lunisolar calendar on the first date of Chaitra month. The festival actually marks the onset of a new year in the above-mentioned states. Today we are here to tell you more about this festival. Scroll down the article to read more.

Ugadi 2023: Date And Muhurta

Ugadi is observed on the Shukla Pratipada tithi in the month of Chaitra month. Telugu Shaka Samvat 1945 Begins. This year Ugadi will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Pratipada Tithi begins at 10:52 pm on 21 March 2023 and Pratipada Tithi ends on 08:20 PM on Mar 22, 2023.

Ugadi 2023: Rituals

• On this day, people should wake up early and clean their houses.
• They should bring fresh neem and mango leaves to decorate their houses.
• After this, they need to apply it all over the body.
• They need to take a bath and wear clean clothes.
• Rangoli and Muggulu should be made at the entrance of the house.
• Ugadi Pacchhadi, the traditional dish is prepared for this festival.
• People distribute the traditional dish among their loved ones.
• People should then do charity and exchange gifts with each other.
• Jaggery mixed with raw mango slices, neem, salt and tulsi leaves is mixed and distributed.

Ugadi 2023: Significance

• The festival is celebrated across the country with different names.
• It is quite similar to Gudi Padwa, Pohela Boishakh, Chaitra Navratri and Baisakhi.
• Dishes like lemon rice and puliyogare, raw mango rice, etc are prepared on this day.
• People do charity on this day to mark the onset of a new year.
• The jaggery mixed with raw mango slices are served in order to remind people that one's life is a mixture of all kinds of several different flavours.