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📅 When is Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)?

YearDateDay
20252025-03-30Sunday
2026 (this year)2026-03-20Friday
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.
Associated deity: Devī Durgā (9 forms over 9 nights)

Tradition

Tradition: Shakta

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 1,
  "tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
  "lunar_month": "Caitra"
}
Precedence: 1 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output

Sources and Connected Observances

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Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)local festival mūrti-page · Shakta/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceCaitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā) computed on Sunday, 2025-03-302026 occurrenceCaitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā) computed on Friday, 2026-03-20BG 10.35Krishna as Mārgaśīrṣa among months and kusumākara among seasonsBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckoners/jyotisha-referencetithi, nakshatra, vāra, and pañchāṅga element source layer/cosmic-timekalpa, manvantara, yuga, and annual-cycle time context/lagna-tithi-lokaMātṛ-Vidyā source layer for tithi, loka, and reader-local kṣetra/samskara-muhurtaoperational muhūrta doorway for dharmic timing decisions/bindufestival time as Bindu-touch aperture in the dharmic year/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation