Indian New Year’s days : Happy Hindu New Year 2022 – Hindu Nav Varsh 2022 Festivals Celebrations in different parts of India.
Indian New Year’s days 2022: Happy New Year
New Year is celebrated all across the world on January 1. This, however, is in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It’s the harvesting season which is mostly synonymous with the new year celebrations in India. Being a diverse nation, new year in India is celebrated in various regions at various times of the year depending on solar or lunar calendars. As we welcome new year 2022, let’s take a look at the Indian new years.
Hindu Nav Varsh 2022 Festivals Celebrations in different parts of India
Observance is determined by whether the lunar calendar is being following or the solar calendar. Those regions which follow the Solar calendar, the new year falls on Baisakhi in North and Central India, Rongali Bihu in Assam, Tamil Putthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu in Kerala, Bishuva Sankranti in Odisha and Poila Boishakh in Bengal in the month of the calendar, i.e., Vaishakha.
| Solar or Lunar calendar | Date | Festival name | Religion / Regions (Hindu) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar | Wednesday, 25 Mar/Apr | Ugadi | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka |
| Lunar | varies, Mar/Apr | Bighu | Jharkhand |
| Lunar | Thursday, 2 Aprilvaries, Mar/Apr | Ram Navami (Chaitra Navaratri)Chaitra Navratri 2021 in India will begin on Wednesday, 25 March and ends on Friday, 3 April | North India (in UP, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, MP) |
| Lunar | varies, Mar/Apr | Bikhu | Uttarakhand |
| Lunar | Wednesday, 25 March, 2021varies, Mar/Apr | Gudhi Padwa (गुड़ी पड़वा) / Samsaar Padwo | Maharashtra, Goa, Konkan |
| Lunar | 2021 Wed, Mar 25varies, Mar/Apr | Cheiraoba | Manipur |
| Lunar | 2021 Wed, Mar 25varies, Mar/Apr | Navreh | Kashmir |
| Lunar | 2021 Wed, Mar 25varies, Mar/Apr | Navratra | Jammu |
| – | – | Navratra | Rajasthan |
| Lunar | Thursday, 26 March, 2021varies, Mar/Apr | Cheti Chand | Sindh |
| Solar | Monday, 13 April, 2021fixed, April 13/14/15 | Vaisakhi | Punjab |
| Solar | Tue, 14 Apr, 2021 – Mon, 20 Apr, 2021fixed, April 13/14/15 | Rongali Bihu | Assam |
| Solar | Tuesday, 14 April, 2021fixed, April 13/14/15 | Tamil puthandu (தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டு) | Tamil Nadu |
| Solar | Tuesday, 14 April, 2021fixed, April 13/14/15 | Vishu | Kerala |
| Solar | fixed, August 15/16/17 | First day of Chingam in Malayalam Calendar (Kollam Era)Siṃha 2021 in Kerala will begin on Monday, 17 August and ends on Wednesday, 16 September Dates may vary. | Kerala |
| Solar | Monday, 13 April, 2021fixed, April 13/14/15 | Bishuva Sankranti | Odisha |
| Solar | Tuesday, 14 April, 2021fixed, April 14/15 | Bengali New Year (Pôhela Boishakh)Poila Boishakh, Nabobarsho | Bengal |
| Solar | 1st Baisakh (14 April)fixed, April 13/14/15 | Maithili New Year (or, Jude Sheetal) ( Pahil Boishakh) ( জুড়ে শীতল) ( ফল বৈশাখের) | Mithila, part of Bihar |
| Lunar | varies, Oct/Nov | Nav Varas | Gujarat |
| Solar | Monday, 17 Augustvaries, Aug 17,18,19 | Nowruz | Parsis |
| Solar | Friday, 20 March, 2021Fixed, March 21 | Nowruz | Zoroastrians |