Where the year sits in the cycle of sixty
Hindu almanacs name each year from a cycle of sixty names, which begins again with Prabhava. Counted by the Shaka year, as Ugadi almanacs count it, Shaka 1949 is Plavanga, the 41st of the sixty: it follows Parabhava and comes before Kilaka.
- Parabhava · Year before
- Plavanga · Shaka 1949
- Kilaka · Year after
All sixty names
- 1Prabhava
- 2Vibhava
- 3Shukla
- 4Pramoda
- 5Prajapati
- 6Angirasa
- 7Shrimukha
- 8Bhava
- 9Yuva
- 10Dhatu
- 11Ishvara
- 12Bahudhanya
- 13Pramathi
- 14Vikrama
- 15Vrisha
- 16Chitrabhanu
- 17Subhanu
- 18Tarana
- 19Parthiva
- 20Vyaya
- 21Sarvajit
- 22Sarvadhari
- 23Virodhi
- 24Vikrita
- 25Khara
- 26Nandana
- 27Vijaya
- 28Jaya
- 29Manmatha
- 30Durmukhi
- 31Hevilambi
- 32Vilambi
- 33Vikari
- 34Sharvari
- 35Plava
- 36Shubhakrit
- 37Shobhakrit
- 38Krodhi
- 39Vishvavasu
- 40Parabhava
- 41Plavanga
- 42Kilaka
- 43Saumya
- 44Sadharana
- 45Virodhikrit
- 46Paridhavi
- 47Pramadi
- 48Ananda
- 49Rakshasa
- 50Nala
- 51Pingala
- 52Kalayukti
- 53Siddharthi
- 54Raudri
- 55Durmati
- 56Dundubhi
- 57Rudhirodgari
- 58Raktakshi
- 59Krodhana
- 60Akshaya
How the king and minister are chosen
Each year the almanac names a king (raja) and a minister (mantri) from the seven lords of the weekdays. By the usual rule, the king is the lord of the weekday on which the new year begins, and the minister is the lord of the weekday of Mesha Sankranti, the moment the Sun enters Aries.
The weekday lords
- SundaySun
- MondayMoon
- TuesdayMars
- WednesdayMercury
- ThursdayJupiter
- FridayVenus
- SaturdaySaturn
In 2027 the new year begins on Wednesday, 7 April, and Mesha Sankranti falls on Wednesday, 14 April, at 3:28 pm.
One day, many new years
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada opens the year across much of India, under different names.
Gudi Padwa
Maharashtra and Goa
Wednesday, 7 April
Ugadi
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Wednesday, 7 April
Chaitra Navratri begins
North and West India
Wednesday, 7 April
Navreh
Kashmiri Pandits
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, by the Kashmiri almanac
Cheti Chand
The Sindhi community, for Jhulelal
Thursday, 8 April
The evening the new crescent is first seen, Chaitra Shukla Dwitiya
A week later, Mesha Sankranti on 14 April opens the solar new year: Baisakhi in Punjab, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu in Kerala, Bohag Bihu in Assam and Pohela Boishakh in Bengal, each kept by its own regional rule.
Your own 2027
The new year begins on the same morning for everyone. What it opens in your own chart depends on your birth details: the dasha you are running, and where Saturn and Jupiter fall in your houses. The free first look of Rashifal 2027 reads it from your birth chart.
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When does Vikram Samvat 2084 begin?
On Wednesday, 7 April 2027, Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. The new moon falls at 5:21 am that day, and Pratipada is running at sunrise in New Delhi (6:05 am), so the new year is kept that day.
Which Shaka Samvat begins in 2027?
Shaka Samvat 1949, on the same day. Ugadi almanacs name it Plavanga.
When is Gudi Padwa 2027?
On Wednesday, 7 April 2027, the same day as Ugadi and the first day of Chaitra Navratri.
When is Cheti Chand 2027?
On Thursday, 8 April 2027: the evening the new crescent is first seen, Chaitra Shukla Dwitiya. This year it falls the day after Gudi Padwa.
How are the king and minister of the year chosen?
From the seven weekday lords: the king is the lord of the weekday the new year begins on, and the minister is the lord of the weekday of Mesha Sankranti.
When is Mesha Sankranti 2027?
On 14 April 2027 at 3:28 pm, when the Sun enters Aries. It opens the solar new year and sets the year's minister.
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Times in Indian Standard Time, for New Delhi; sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa, astronomically computed. The new year is the first New Delhi sunrise after the Chaitra new moon with Pratipada running. The same 2027 sky the Rashifal 2027 book is calculated from.