Kannada calendar · Bengaluru
Kannada New Year 2026 — Yugadi
Yugadi, the Kannada New Year, is on Thursday, 19 March 2026 (Bengaluru): Shaka 1948 begins with Chaitra Shuddha Padya, the Parabhava samvatsara.
ಯುಗಾದಿ 2026
- Date
- Thursday, 19 March 2026
- Year that begins
- Shaka 1948 · Parabhava samvatsara (ಪರಾಭವ)Previous year: 1947
- Pratipada tithi
- 19 Mar 2026, 6:53 AM – 20 Mar 2026, 4:52 AM
- New moon (the month begins)
- 19 Mar 2026, 6:53 AM
- Sunrise (Bengaluru)
- 19 Mar 2026, 6:24 AM
This year the Pratipada begins after sunrise and ends before the next sunrise (a kshaya tithi). A kshaya tithi is kept on the day it begins, so the new year is on this day; in the day-by-day calendar the month name changes from the next sunrise.
Rule: Chaitra Shukla Pratipada at sunrise, when the new year begins; if it touches no sunrise, the day it begins.
Festivals of the new year's first weeks
- 19 MarThursdayಯುಗಾದಿ · Yugadi (Kannada New Year)
- 26 MarThursdayಶ್ರೀರಾಮ ನವಮಿ · Sri Rama Navami
- 2 AprThursdayಹನುಮಾನ್ ಜಯಂತಿ · Hanuman Jayanti (Chaitra Hunnime)
- 20 AprMondayಬಸವ ಜಯಂತಿ · Basava Jayanti
- 19 AprSundayಅಕ್ಷಯ ತೃತೀಯ · Akshaya Tritiya
How the day is kept
Yugadi starts with an oil bath and a toran of mango leaves. Families eat bevu-bella — neem and jaggery together — for a year of both bitter and sweet, and make obbattu (holige) for the feast.
The new year's panchanga is read aloud (panchanga shravana): the samvatsara's name, its lords and what the year holds for each rashi.
Yugadi is kept on the day Chaitra Shuddha Padya holds at sunrise; when the Padya touches no sunrise (kshaya), on the day it begins.
Questions
What is the date of the Kannada New Year in 2026?
19 March 2026 (Thursday), by Bengaluru's sunrise.
Which Shaka year begins on Yugadi 2026?
Shaka 1948, the Parabhava samvatsara (ಪರಾಭವ). The Shaka year turns on Chaitra Shuddha Padya.
When does the Pratipada tithi begin and end?
From 19 Mar 2026, 6:53 AM to 20 Mar 2026, 4:52 AM (IST). It meets no sunrise (kshaya), so the new year is kept on the day it begins.