
Ugadi
is the New Year's Day for the people of the Deccan region of India. The
name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and
ādi (beginning): "the beginning of a new age". It falls on a different
day every year because the Hindu
calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The Saka calendar begins with the
month of Chaitra (March–April) and Ugadi marks the first day of the new
year. Chaitra is the first month in Panchanga which...