Indian New Year's days

There are numerous days throughout the year celebrated as New Year's Day in the different regions of India. The observance is determined by whether the lunar, solar or lunisolar calendar is being followed. For those regions which follow the solar calendar, the new year falls as Baisakhi in Punjab, Bohag Bihu in Assam, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu in Kerala, Pana Sankranti or Odia Nababarsa in Odisha and Poila Boishakh in Bengal in the month of the calendar, i.e., Vaishakha. Generally, this day falls during 14th or 15th of the month of April. Those following the lunar calendar consider the month of Chaitra (corresponding to March-April) as the first month of the year, so the new year is celebrated on the first day of this month like Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra. Similarly, few regions in India consider the period between consecutive Sankarantis as one month and few others take the period between consecutive Purnimas as a month. In Gujarat the new year is celebrated as the day after Diwali. As per the Hindu Calendar, it falls on Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu month of Kartik. As per the Indian Calendar based on the lunar cycle, Kartik is the first month of the year and the New Year in Gujarat falls on the first bright day of Kartik (Ekam). In other parts of India, New Year celebrations begin in the spring.

Details

Hindu religious festivals are based on Vikram Samvat. Not withstanding the Purnimanta scheme of months that is in use in North India, the New year in Vikram Samvat starts from the first day of Chaitra Shukla Paksha.^[1]
In Gujarat, the fourth day of Diwali is celebrated as the first day of the Vikram Samvat calendar month of Kartik.^[2]
Other festivals which are celebrated as new year in India are Baha parab (among Ho, Santal people and Munda) and Sarhul (in Jharkhand).

Calendar view

Calendar	Date	Festival name	Region / Communities / Religions^[3]
Solar	1 Chet (14 April)	Vaisakhi	Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, and parts of Delhi
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Chaitra Navaratri (Hindu Lunar New Year)	Bihar (Bhojpur, Magadh), Uttar Pradesh (Awadh, Braj, Bagelkhand, Bhojpur-Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Kannauj, Rohilkhand), Madhya Pradesh (Bagelkhand, Bundelkhand, Malwa, Mahakoshal, Gird), Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and parts of Delhi
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Ugadi	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, parts of Goa
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Gudi Padwa	Maharashtra, Goa (Konkan)
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Navreh	Kashmir
Lunar	varies, Jun/Jul	Ashadhi Bij	Kutch
Lunar	varies, Oct/Nov	Nutan Varsh	Gujarat
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Cheti Chand	Sindh, Sindhi Hindus
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Mesha Sankranti (Hindu Solar New Year)	Uttarakhand (Garhwal and Kumaon), Nepalis (Sikkim, Darjeeling)
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Puthandu	Tamil Nadu
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Vishu (traditional)	Kerala
Solar	fixed, 17/18 August	1st Chingam (Kollam era calendar)	Kerala
Solar	fixed, 14/15 April	Bisu Parba	Tulu Nadu
Lunar	varies, Mar/Apr	Sajibu Cheiraoba^[4]	Manipur
Solar	fixed, 14/15 Apr	Buisu	Tripura
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 Apr	Bwisagu	Bodoland, Assam
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Bohag Bihu	Assam
Solar	fixed, 13/14 April	Pana Sankranti	Odisha
Solar	fixed, 14/15 April	Pahela Baishakh	West Bengal and the wider Bengal region
Solar	fixed, 13/14/15 April	Jur Sital	Mithila
Lunar	varies, Dec	Losoong/Namsoong	Sikkim (Bhutia, Lepcha)
Lunar	varies, Feb	Losar	Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh (Monpa)
Lunar	varies, Oct/Nov	Mha Puja	Sikkim (Newar)
Lunar	varies, Feb/Mar	Gyalpo Lhosar	Sikkim (Sherpa)
Lunar	varies, Dec/Jan	Tamu Lhosar	Sikkim (Gurung)
Lunar	varies, Jan/Feb	Sonam Lhosar	Sikkim (Tamang)
Solar	fixed, 13/14 Apr	Sangken	Arunachal Pradesh (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa), Assam (Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Turung)
Solar	fixed, 13/14 Apr	Bizhu	Chakma
Solar	varies, 17, 18, 19 Aug^[5]	Pateti	Parsis
Solar	fixed, 21 March	Nowruz^[6]^{[note 1]}	Iranis/other Zoroastrians

Notes

^ Mughal records state that Nowruz was celebrated in northwestern Indian subcontinent, but inconsistently. Some Mughal emperors favoring its celebration while others not participating because it was not sanctioned by Sharia. Aurangzeb banned its celebration in 1659, calling it "festival of fireworshippers" and the celebration as a "stupid act".^[7]