Usher in the New Year!
Sunday April 13, 2008
In mid-April (April 13-14), Hindus celebrate Baisakhi in Punjab, Poila Baishakh in Bengal, Bohag Bihu in Assam, Vishu in Kerala and Puthandu in Tamil Nadu to welcome the new year. Catch the many regional celebrations and don't forget to wish your friends and family a happy new year, yet again!
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When Sun apparently appears to enter the first constellation(Hindus say Aswini)of the first Hindu Zodaic-Mesham(European Zodaic is different)–precise date,hour,minute and second–the Solar new year starts for Hindus.In many parts of India like Andra,Karnataka etc Hindus follow Lunar new year(Ugaadhi)–there calculation is different–i do not want this to be very elaborate.
Thanks, Dr Rajagopalan. Very useful information. Can you define which are the solar and which are the lunar new year celebrations out of the festivals in this list: http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/extra/bl-alm.htm