Ugadi (Telugu New Year) 2026
⏰ Auspicious Puja Muhurat & Panchangam
Detailed Daily Panchangam →🌇 Sunset: 6:26 PM
🌟 Significance & Spiritual Importance
Celebrates the commencement of cosmic time (Yugaadi) and teaches emotional balance through the six tastes of life in Ugadi Pachadi.
📜 Historical Background & Puranic Origins
According to Brahma Purana, Lord Brahma created the universe on Chaitra Shuddha Padyami. Lord Sri Rama was also crowned on this auspicious tithi.
🕉️ Traditional Puja Vidhi (Step-by-Step Procedure)
Perform the sacred observances with purity of mind, devotion, and alignment with traditional Vedic rituals.
Light cow ghee/til oil lamps facing East. Perform Achamanam and seek purification of body and mind.
Pray to Lord Ganesha to remove obstacles. Take akshatas and water to state place, time, gotram, and desire.
Consecrate pure water with mango leaves and coconut. Invoke the presiding deities with reverence.
Offer Asanam, Padhyam, Arghyam, Snanam (Panchamrita), Vastra, Yajnopaveetam, and Sandalwood paste.
Chant the Ashtottara Shatanamavali (108 names) offering fresh sacred flowers and bilva/tulasi leaves.
Offer pure guggulu incense, lamp darshanam, traditional prasadam offerings, fruits, and tambulam.
Perform lighted camphor aarti with bell ringing and chanting sacred Mangala harathi stotras.
Circumambulate three times clockwise, perform prostrations, and offer all fruits of the puja to the Divine.
Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Pooja (సత్యనారాయణ వ్రతం)
Follow the authentic traditional step-by-step procedure with audio chants, mantras, and mudras.
📦 Puja Samagri Checklist & Sacred Naivedyam
🌿 Required Puja Samagri Checklist:
🍲 Traditional Naivedyam (Prasadam):
📿 Associated Sacred Mantras & Stotras
Browse All Mantras →Gayatri Maha Mantra
Vakratunda Mahakaya
Surya Moola Mantra & Aditya Gayatri
⚖️ Vrat Rules, Do's & Don'ts
Early morning Abhyangana Snana with sesame oil, offering prayers to Sun God and Ishta Devata before tasting the Ugadi Pachadi.
✅ Do’s (ఆచరించవలసినవి / क्या करें):
Listen to Panchanga Sravanam from verified scholars, decorate homes with natural mango leaves, seek blessings from elders, taste Ugadi Pachadi on an empty stomach after puja.
❌ Don’ts (నిషేధించబడినవి / क्या न करें):
Avoid anger, arguments, consuming non-vegetarian food, or engaging in deceitful transactions on New Year day.