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Celebrating New Year the Hindu way

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Hindu calendar is an aggregate name for a large portion of the lunisolar calendar and solar calendar utilized within India since aged times. There are a few regional Hindu calendars and the month which begins the year additionally differs from region to region.  Hindus in different states of India praise the New Year in their own specific ways and not these fall on that day. Real states in North and South India (Nav Varsh Samvat or Hindi New Year or Chaitra Shukladi) commend their New Year on Vikram Samvat Chaitra Shukal Pratipada (March-April) the first day after the No Moon (Amavasi) in Chaitra Month. The Hindi New Year is dependent upon lunar schedule and hence the date changes yearly.  Generally, the Andhra Pradesh (Ugadi) , Karnataka (Ugadi), Maharashtra (Gudi Padwa), Kashmir (Navreh), Manipur (Cheiraoba), Himachal Pradesh (Chaitti and Basoa ), Bihar (Chaitra Pratipada), Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh (Chaitra Pratipada) and Sindhi (Cheti Chand) New Year falls on that day – t