I wish all Andhra, Maharashtrian, and Kannada Forum Members a very happy New Year! May the new year bring you a lot of joy and success!

Happy Ugadi and Gudi Padwa!

I wish all Andhra, Maharashtrian, and Kannada Forum Members a very happy New Year! May the new year bring you a lot of joy and success!

Happy Ugadi and Gudi Padwa!

wtf, celebrate the new year with the rest of us. You will assimilate.

South/West Indians have their own New Years?

Ugadi (Telugu: ఉగాది, Kannada: ಉಗಾದಿ) (literally - the start of an era) is the new year's day for the people of the Deccan region of India. The festival marks the new year day for people who follow the southern Indian lunar calendar, pervasively adhered to in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. This calendar reckons dates based on the Salivahana era (Salivahana Saka), which begins its count from the supposed date of the founding of the Empire by the legendary hero Salivahana. The Satavahana king Shalivahana (also identified as Gautamiputra Satakarni) is credited with the initiation of this era known as Shalivahana. The Salivahana era begins its count of years from the year corresponding to 78 AD of the Gregorian calendar. Thus, the year 2000 AD corresponds to the year 1922 of the Salivahana Era.

In the terminology used by this lunar calendar, Ugadi falls on Chaitra Sudhdha Paadyami or the first day of the bright half of the Hindu month of Chaitra. This generally falls in the months of March or April of the Gregorian calendar. In 2007, Ugadi falls on March 20th.