Gudi Padwa 2027: 7 April

City-wise times

Pratipada is the same moment in every city; sunrise and sunset change with the city. For another city, pick it in the box above.

At a glance

Date

Wednesday, 7 April 2027

Tithi

Chaitra Shukla Pratipada: 5:22 AM on 7 April to 4:30 AM on 8 April (Drik: 5:20 to 4:28)

Year

Shalivahana Shaka 1949, Plavanga samvatsara

Where

Maharashtra, Goa (Konkani: Samvatsar Padvo)

Marathi name

Gudhi Padwa (gudhi = flag, padwa = Pratipada)

Sunrise in Mumbai

6:28 AM (our calculation)

Main customs

Raising a gudi at home, eating neem with jaggery, rangoli

Food

Puran poli, shrikhand-puri, basundi (Maharashtra Tourism)

Same day

Ugadi (the South), Chaitra Navratri (North India)

The date of Gudi Padwa 2027

The Marathi calendar is amanta: the year begins with Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, and Gudi Padwa is the day with Pratipada at sunrise. In 2027 the Amavasya ends at 5:22 AM on 7 April (Drik: 5:20), before sunrise in Mumbai (6:28), Pune (6:24), Nagpur (6:02) and Panaji (6:26) alike; Pratipada lasts until 4:30 AM the next morning. So all of Maharashtra and Goa keep Gudi Padwa on Wednesday, 7 April. In 2026 it was on 19 March; in 2028 it will be on 27 March (Drik).

What goes into a gudi

According to Maharashtra’s Department of Tourism, a gudi is a bamboo stick decorated with a silk cloth, flowers, neem leaves, sugar garlands and a silver or copper pot, raised at homes as a mark of victory and good fortune. According to Wikipedia the bright silk cloth is tied at the top of the bamboo with boughs of neem and mango leaves and a garland of flowers, and the top is capped with an upturned silver, bronze or copper pot (handi or kalash). The sugar garland is called gathi. The gudi is usually raised high, at the door, a window or on the roof, where it can be seen from afar. Its make and the colour of the cloth differ from home to home.

Neem and jaggery

According to Maharashtra’s Department of Tourism, a mixture of bitter neem and sweet jaggery is eaten on Gudi Padwa, taken as a sign of accepting both life’s joys and its challenges. According to Wikipedia many homes add tamarind and coriander seeds, and it is also held to be good for health. Ugadi pachadi in the South and bevu-bella in Karnataka carry the same idea.

Shobha yatras and the day at home

According to Maharashtra’s Department of Tourism, homes are cleaned and a rangoli is made at the door, and the shobha yatras of Girgaon in Mumbai, Pune and Dombivli go out with traditional music and cultural performances, their routes also decorated with rangoli. The festive food is puran poli (a flatbread filled with chana dal and jaggery), shrikhand with puri, and basundi. For farmers it is the time after the rabi harvest, when the new crop comes in.

Gudi Padwa in tradition

Goa and the Konkani tradition

According to Wikipedia, in Goa and among Konkani communities (including Konkani families in Kerala) the day is called Samvatsar Padvo or Sausar Padvo, and it is also kept in Daman. In Panaji the sun rises at 6:26 AM in 2027, and Pratipada holds at sunrise there too.

Checked against Drik Panchang

Drik Panchang gives Pratipada for New Delhi from 5:20 AM on 7 April to 4:28 AM on 8 April, and Prokerala (Ujjain) from 5:21 AM to 4:29 AM. Our calculation gives 5:22 AM to 4:30 AM, about 2 minutes later. Drik’s Marathi calendar for Mumbai has Gudi Padwa on 7 April, and the year from 1 May 2027 as “Shaka 1949 Plavanga” (read 18 October 2026). Prokerala also gives Gudi Padwa on Wednesday, 7 April. Sunrise times are our calculation; for Mumbai they agree with Drik within a minute (the Marathi calendar check).

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