Wishing you all Happy Ugaadi and New year...
As per the Hindu tradition Chandramana Ugadi, is celebrated on March 24, 2020 marking the beginning of New Year. The word Ugadi derived from Sanskrit word Yuga-adi meaning Yuga means period adi means beginning. It means the beginning of new time. Ugadi day is the first day of the new year of 1943 of the Shalivahana Calender, which is based on the movement of Moon and has been named as ‘Shaarvari Naama Samvatsara’. In this year there will be 382 days! Yes 382 days as there will be an additional month (adika Ashvija maasa). The additional month is added once in 3 years as a mechanism to synchronize the Moon based calender with Sun based calendar, which has 365 days in a year. Shaalivahana era (calendar) was started by an Indian king (Shalivahana or Vikramaditya) to mark the defeat of his rival rulers Shakas, the beginning of which is now widely equated to 78 CE. The day before Ugadi is the last day of waning of Moon (Amavasya), Ugadi day is firs...