తద్దినం సమయము మరియు నియమాలు

Ugadi  is the New Year's Day (6-4-2019) Saturday  for the people of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana states in India. It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra.

The day is observed by drawing colorful patterns on floor called kolamulus (Telugu: Muggulu,  mango leaf decorations on doors called toranalu , buying and giving gifts such as new clothes, giving charity to the poor, special bath followed by oil treatment, preparing and sharing a special food called pachadi, and visiting Hindu temples. The pachadi is a notable festive food that combines all flavors – sweet, sour, salty, bitter. In the Telugu and Kannada Hindu traditions, it is a symbolic reminder that one must expect all flavors of experiences in the coming new year and make the most of them.

The name 'Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and ādi (beginning): "the beginning of a new age".

A Sanskrit shloka that explicates the medicinal and spiritual benefits of the neem is also chanted while chewing this sweet-bitter mixture.^[10]

शतायुर्वज्रदेहाय सर्वसंपत्कराय च ।

सर्वारिष्टविनाशाय निम्बकं दलभक्षणम् ॥

"For attaining a strong (diamond hard) body that lasts a hundred years, for obtaining all kinds of wealth, for destroying all negativity, the leaves of neem are to be eaten."

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY UGADI.GOD BLESS YOU ALL WITH GOOD HEALTH.