Facts about Ugadi and related info about yugas..

Ugadi (Telugu: ఉగాది; Kannada: ಯುಗಾದಿ, from yuga+aadi, yuga is era, aadi means start. The start of an era) is the new year's day for the people of the Deccan region of India. While the people of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh use the term Ugadi for this festival, the people of Maharashtra term the same festival, observed on the same day, Gudi Padwa. Sindhis, people from Sindh, celebrate the same day as their New Year day Cheti Chand.^[1]
It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The Saka calendar begins with the month of Chaitra (March/April) and Ugadi marks the first day of the new year.


The years would have names in Sanskrit. The name of the one that starts on 27th March 2009 is Sri Virodhi.The one that ended is Sarvadhari.

    1. Prabhava
      2. Vibhava
      3. Shukla
      4. Pramoda
      5. Prajāpati
      6. Āngirasa
      7. Shrīmukha
      8. Bhāva
      9. Yuva
    10. Dhātri
    11. Īshvara
    12. Bahudhānya
    13. Pramādhi
    14. Vikrama
    15. Vrisha
    16. Chitrabhānu
    17. Svabhānu
    18. Tārana
    19. Pārthiva
    20. Vyaya (2006-2007 AD/CE)
    21. Sarvajeeth (2007-2008 AD/CE)
    22. Sarvadhāri
    23. Virodhi[2009]
    24. Vikrita
    25. Khara
    26. Nandana
    27. Vijaya
    28. Jaya
    29. Manmadha
    30. Durmukhi
    31. Hevilambi
    32. Vilambi
    33. Vikāri
    34. Shārvari
    35. Plava
    36. Shubhakruti
    37. Sobhakruthi
    38. Krodhi
    39. Vishvāvasu
    40. Parābhava
    41. Plavanga
    42. Kīlaka
    43. Saumya
    44. Sādhārana
    45. Virodhikruthi
    46. Paridhāvi
    47. Pramādicha
    48. Ānanda
    49. Rākshasa
    50. Anala
    51. Pingala
    52. Kālayukthi
    53. Siddhārthi
    54. Raudra
    55. Durmathi
    56. Dundubhi
    57. Rudhirodgāri
    58. Raktākshi
    59. Krodhana
    60. Akshaya 




With love..
Anil