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There are numerous days throughout the year celebrated as '''New Year's Day''' in the different regions of India. Observance is determined by whether the lunar calendar is being followed 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, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu in Kerala, [[Pana Sankranti]] or Odia Nababarsa in Odisha and Poila Boishakh in Bengal in the month of the calendar, i.e., [[Vaisakha|Vaishakha]]. Generally, this day falls during 14th or 15th of the month of [[April]]. Those following [[Lunar calendar]] consider the month of [[Chaitra]] (corresponding to [[March]]-April) as the first month of the year, so the new year is celebrated on the first day of this month like [[Ugadi]] in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and [[Gudi Padwa]] in Maharashtra. Similarly, few regions in India consider the period between consecutive [[Sankranti|Sankarantis]] as one month and few others take the period between consecutive [[Purnima]]s as a month. In Gujarat the new year is celebrated as the day after Diwali. As per the Hindu Calendar, it falls on Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu month of Kartik. As per the Indian Calendar based on Lunar Cycle, Kartik is the first month of the year and the New Year in Gujarat falls on the first bright day of Kartik (Ekam). In other parts of India, New Year Celebrations begin in the spring.

==Details==
* Hindu religious festivals are based on [[Vikram Samvat]]. Notwithstanding the Purnimanta scheme of months that is in use in North India, the New year in Vikram Samvat starts from the first day of Chaitra [[Shukla Paksha]].<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=CQ8iAVwA-yEC&lpg=PA30&ots=F93n3A0L4F&dq=purnimanta%20calendar%20edu&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=purnimanta&f=false</ref>
* In [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]] the next day after [[Diwali]] is celebrated as the first day of the Vikram Samvat calendar which is the first day of the month [[Kartik (month)|Kartik]].<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=CQ8iAVwA-yEC&lpg=PA30&ots=F93n3A0L4F&dq=purnimanta%20calendar%20edu&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=gujarat&f=false</ref>

==Calendar view==
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! Calendar !! Date !! Festival name !! Region / Communities / Religions<ref>{{cite book|author=Roshen Dalal|title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&pg=PA136|year=2010|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341421-6|pages=136–137}}</ref>
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|| Lunar || varies, Mar/Apr || [[Ugadi]] ||style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Karnataka]]
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|| Lunar || varies, Mar/Apr || [[Gudhi Padwa]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]]
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|| Lunar || varies, Mar/Apr || [[Navreh]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Kashmir]]
|-
|| Lunar || varies, Jun/Jul || Ashadhi Bij || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Kutch]]
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|| Lunar || varies, Oct/Nov || [[Balipratipada]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]]
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|| Lunar || varies, Mar/Apr || [[Cheti Chand]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Sindhis in India|Sindhi]]
|-
|| Lunar || varies, Mar/Apr || [[Navaratri#Chaitra Navaratri|Chaitra Navaratri]]<br>(Hindu Lunar New Year) || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[North India|North]] and [[Central India]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]] ([[Awadh]], [[Braj]], [[Bagelkhand]]), [[Madhya Pradesh]] ([[Bundelkhand]], [[Malwa]], [[Mahakoshal]], [[Gird, India|Gird]]), [[Bihar]] ([[Bhojpuri region|Bhojpur]], [[Magadh]]), [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Jharkhand]])
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|| Solar || fixed, 13/14/15 April || [[Mesha Sankranti]]/[[Vaisakhi]]<br>(Hindu Solar New Year) || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[North India]] (in [[Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Jammu]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarkhand]] ([[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] and [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]]), [[Nepalis]] ([[Sikkim]], [[Gorkhaland Territorial Administration|Darjeeling]])
|-
|| Solar || fixed, 13/14/15 April || [[Puthandu]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| rowspan="2" |Solar || fixed, 13/14/15 April || [[Vishu]]<br>(traditional) || rowspan="2" style="background: #ffad66;"| [[Kerala]]
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| | fixed, 17/18 August || 1st [[Chingam]]<br>(Kollam era calendar)
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|| Solar || fixed, 14/15 April || [[Bisu Parba]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Tulu Nadu]]
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|| Lunar || varies, Mar/Apr || [[Sajibu Nongma Panba|Sajibu Cheiraoba]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Arambam Noni|author2=Kangujam Sanatomba|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzjbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA249|year=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-27066-9|page=249}}</ref> || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Manipur]]
|-
|| Solar || fixed, 14/15 Apr || [[Buisu]] ||style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Tripura]]
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|| Solar || fixed, 13/14/15 Apr || [[Bwisagu]] ||style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Bodoland Territorial Region|Bodoland]]
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|| Solar || fixed, 13/14/15 April || [[Bohag Bihu]] ||style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Assam]]
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|| Solar ||fixed, 13/14 April || [[Pana Sankranti]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Odisha]]
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|| Solar || fixed, 14/15 April || [[Pahela Baishakh]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[West Bengal]] and the wider [[Bengal]] region
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|| Solar || fixed, 13/14/15 April || [[Jur Sital]] || style="background: #ffad66;" | [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]
|-
|| Lunar || varies, Dec || [[Losoong Festival|Losoong]]/[[Losoong Festival|Namsoong]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Sikkim]] ([[Bhutia]], [[Lepcha people|Lepcha]])
|-
|| Lunar ||varies, Dec || [[Galdan Namchot]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Ladakh]]
|-
|| Lunar ||varies, Feb || [[Losar]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] ([[Monpa people|Monpa]])
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|| Lunar ||varies, Feb/Mar || [[Gyalpo Lhosar]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Sikkim]] ([[Sherpa people|Sherpa]])
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|| Lunar ||varies, Dec/Jan || [[Tamu Lhosar]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Sikkim]] ([[Gurung people|Gurung]])
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|| Lunar ||varies, Jan/Feb || [[Sonam Lhosar]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Sikkim]] ([[Tamang people|Tamang]])
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|| Solar ||fixed, 13/14 Apr || [[Sangken]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] ([[Khamti people|Khamti]], [[Jingpo people#Singpho|Singpho]], [[Khamyang people|Khamyang]], [[Tangsa people|Tangsa]]), [[Assam]] ([[Tai Phake people|Tai Phake]], [[Tai Aiton people|Tai Aiton]], [[Turung people|Turung]])
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|| Solar ||fixed, 13/14 Apr || [[Bizhu]] || style="background:yellow;"| [[Chakma people|Chakma]]
|-
|| Solar || varies, 17, 18, 19 Aug<ref name="news">{{cite web |url=http://newsworldindia.in/lifestyle/navroz-special-6-fascinating-facts-about-the-festival/108852/ |title=Navroz Mubarak: 6 Fascinating Facts About Parsi New Year! |date=20 March 2017 |website=newsworldindia.in |publisher=News World India|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> || [[Pateti]] || style="background:lightpink;"| [[Parsi]]s
|-
|| Solar || fixed, 21 March || [[Nowruz]]<ref name="ToI">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/irani-new-year-to-be-celebrated-today-and-tomorrow/articleshow/57719657.cms |title=Irani New Year to be celebrated today and tomorrow |last=Jaisinghani |first=Bella |date=19 March 2017 |work=The Times of India|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|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".<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen P. Blake|title=Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUB-FEpPHsoC&pg=PA91 |year=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-03023-7|pages=89–91}}</ref>}} || style="background:lightpink;"| [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]]
|}

== See also ==
*[[South and Southeast Asian solar New Year]]
*[[Lunar New Year]]
*[[Nyepi]], new year in [[Balinese Hinduism]]
*[[Hindu units of time]]
*[[Hindu calendar]]
*[[Indian national calendar]]
*[[Diwali in Gujarat]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.north-east-india.com/assam/bihu-festival.html Bihu Festival]
*[http://www.baisakhifestival.com/puthandu-in-tamil-nadu.html Puthandu at baisakhifestival.com]
*[http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Festival_of_Manipur.The_concept_of_Sajibu_Cheiraoba Cheiraoba]
*[http://www.koausa.org/Festivals/Navreh/article1.html Navreh – The new year day in Kashmir]

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