Gudi Padwa

Gudhi Padva (Guḍhī Pāḍavā)
A Gudhi is erected on Gudhi Padva
Official name	Gudhi Padva or Samvatsar Padvo
Observed by	Hindus, Balinese, Mauritius new year
Type	Hindu lunar new year's Day
Celebrations	1 day
Begins	Chaitra Shuddha Padyami
Date	March/ April
2016 date	April 8 (Friday)
2017 date	28 March
Frequency	annual
Related to	Hindu calendar

Gudhi Padva (Marathi: गुढी पाडवा Guḍhī Pāḍavā; Telugu ఉగాది Ugadi; Kannada: ಯುಗಾದಿ Yugadi) is derived from the Sanskrit name for Chaitra Shukla Pratipad. It is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar. The word पाडवा(pāḍavā) or पाडवो(pāḍavo) or पड्ड्वा/पाड्ड्वो(pāḍḍavā/pāḍḍavo) comes from the Sanskrit word प्रतिपद or प्रतिपदा (pratipadā) in Sanskrit, which refers to the first day of a lunar fortnight.

In south India, first day of the bright phase of the moon is called pāḍya (Kannada: ಪಾಡ್ಯ; Telugu: పాడ్యమి, paadyami; Konkani: पाड्यॆ, ಪಾಡ್ಯ). Konkani Hindus variously refer to the day as संसर पाडवो or संसर पाड्यॆ (saṁsāra pāḍavo / saṁsāra pāḍye), संसार (saṁsāra) being a corruption of the word संवत्सर (saṁvatsara). Konkani Hindus in Karnataka also refer to it as युगादि, ಯುಗಾದಿ (ugādi).

The word pāḍavā is derived from the Sanskrit word pratipad for the first day of each fortnight in a lunar month i.e. the first day on which the moon appears after the so-called "new moon" day (''amāvāsya'') and the first day after the full moon. A Guḍhī is also hoisted on this occasion giving this festival its name. The term padva or padavo is also associated with balipratipad the third day of Diwali which is another celebration that comes at the end of the harvesting season.