| Ashadhi Bij - (Jun/Jul) (Kutch) (lunar) |
Baisakhi / Vaisakhi (Mesha Sankranti) - (13/14 Apr) (Punjab, Haryana, Jammu, parts of Delhi) (solar)
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Bestu Varas / Nutan Varsh - (Oct /Nov) (Gujarat and Rajasthan by the Gujarati, Marwari, and Sindhi communities) (lunar)
Gujarati New Year celebrated on the first day of the Kartik month
(Kartak Sud Ekam), immediately following Diwali with rituals like Chopda
Pujan (opening new ledgers), visiting temples
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Bisu Parba - (14/15 Apr) (Tulunadu in Karnataka and parts of Kerala) (solar)
New Year and harvest festival - marks the first day of Paggu, which is the first month of Tulu calendar
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| Bizhu - (13/14 Apr) (Chakma people of Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh) (solar) |
Bohag Bihu / Rongali Bihu (Mesha Sankranti) - (13/14/15 Apr) (Assam) (solar)
Assamese new year festival focusing on
nature and agriculture. |
| Buisu - (14/15 Apr) (Tripura) (solar) |
Bwisagu - (13/14/15 Apr) (Bodos of Assam) (solar)
celebrated at the beginning of the first month of the Boro year
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Chaitra Navaratri - (Mar/Apr) (Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, parts of Delhi (lunar)
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Cheti Chand / Chetri Chandra - (Mar/Apr) (lunar)
New Year for Sindhi Hindus in the Sindhi month of Chet.
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Gudi Padwa - (Mar/Apr) (Maharashtra, Goa) (lunar)
Marathi New Year - homes display a Gudi (a decorated pole) and prepare special dishes like Puran Poli.
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Hijri - The Islamic New Year is the day that
marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, observed by most Muslims
on the first day of the month of Muharram.
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| Jur Sital - (13/14/15 Apr) (Bihar) (solar) |
Losar - (Feb/Mar) (Sikkim, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh) (lunar)
Tibetan New Year celebrated on the first day of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar
Gyalpo Lhosar - (Feb/Mar) (Sikkim) (lunar)
New year festival of the Sherpa people celebrated in Nepal and the
Indian state of Sikkim along with the neighbouring Darjeeling and
Kalimpong districts on the first day of the Tibetan calendar.
Sonam Lhosar - (Jan/Feb) (Sikkim) (Lunar)
New Year festival of the Tamang and Hyolmo people of Nepal as well as Sikkim and Darjeeling regions of India
Tamu Lhosar - (Dec/Jan) (Sikkim) (lunar)
New year festival celebrated by the Gurung people on every 15th Poush of the Nepali calendar.
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Losoong / Sonam Losoong / Namsoong - (Dec) (Sikkim) (lunar)
celebrated in Dec (18th day of the 10th Tibetan month) at the end of
harvest season by the Bhutia (Sonam Losoong) and Lepcha (Namsoong)
communities with traditional mask dances and archery competitions
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Maha Bishuba Sankranti / Pana Sankranti - (13/14 Apr) (Odisha) (solar)
celebrated with traditional
Pana drink
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Mha Puja - (Oct/Nov) (Sikkim) (lunar)
celebrated by the Newar community in India, particularly in Darjeeling,
Kalimpong, Sikkim, and other Himalayan regions with a large Nepali
diaspora and falls on the first day of the Nepal Sambat New Year
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| Navreh - (Mar/Apr) (Kashmir) (lunar) |
Nowruz - (Mar) (Zoroastrians) (solar)
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Pateti - (17/18/19 Aug) (Parsis) (solar)
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Pohela Boishakh (Pahela Baishakh / Poila Boishakh) (Mesha Sankranti) - (14/15 Apr) (West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, Assam) (solar)
Bengali New year - marks the first day of the new year in the Bengali calendar to celebrate spring harvest
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Puthaandu (Mesha Sankranti) - (13/14/15 Apr) (Tamil Nadu) (solar)
Thamizh New Year celebrated on the first day of Tamil month Chithirai
with traditional meals using jaggery, mango pachchadi, neem flowers
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| Sajibu Cheiraoba - (Mar/Apr) (Manipur) (lunar) |
Sangken - (13/14 Apr) (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam) (solar)
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| Sangrai - (13/14 Apr) (Magh community of Tripura) (solar) |
Ugadi - (Mar/Apr) (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnatka, parts of Goa) (lunar)
Panchanga Sravanam (almanac reading) and
special meals with six tastes (Ugadi Pachadi) |
Vishu (Mesha Sankranti) - (13/14/15 Apr) (Kerala) (solar)
Malayali New Year - Viewing auspicious items (Vishukkani) and offering fireworks, sadya, and new clothes
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