HINDU SAMVAT YEAR
Chaitra Navratri 2026 Wishes: Top images, quotes, wishes, messages and more to share
Chaitra Navratri commences on March 19, 2026, ushering in the Hindu New Year. This nine-day festival honors the nine forms of Goddess Durga. Devotees will observe fasting, prayers, and rituals, following specific colors for each day. The celebration signifies the victory of good over evil and emphasizes discipline and devotion. Key rituals include Ghatasthapana and Kanya Pujan.
Hindu New Year 2026 Calendar: Dates for Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, Puthandu & Poila Baisakh
Hindu New Year 2026 Calendar: India will celebrate its Hindu New Year on March 19, 2026. This day marks new beginnings and spiritual awakening. Various festivals like Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, Poila Baisakh, and Puthandu will be observed across the country. These celebrations reflect regional traditions while sharing the core idea of a fresh start. The day holds deep spiritual importance.
Chaitra Navratri 2026 Date: When is Navratri starting? When is Ashtami, Ram Navami? Check full nine-day calendar
Navratri Kab Se Hai: Chaitra Navratri in 2026 commences on March 19, marking the Hindu New Year, Vikram Samvat 2083. This nine-day festival, culminating in Ram Navami on March 27, is a period of personal devotion, fasting, and worship of the nine forms of Goddess Durga. It signifies a spiritual reset as spring arrives.
Gudi Padwa 2026 Date: Is it on March 19 or March 20? Check correct date, tithi and significance of Marathi New Year
Gudi Padwa 2026 Date: Gudi Padwa, the Marathi New Year, will be celebrated on Thursday, March 19, 2026. This auspicious occasion marks the beginning of the Marathi Shaka Samvat year 1948 and symbolises new beginnings and prosperity. The festival, observed on the Pratipada Tithi of the Chaitra month, involves raising a decorated Gudi, which represents victory, good fortune and the start of a new year.
Muhurat Trading: Investors buy largecaps in symbolic session as Infosys, HDFC Bank emerge top gainers
Indian markets began Samvat 2082 on a positive note during Diwali’s Muhurat trading, with Sensex up 270 points and Nifty near 25,900. Optimism in largecaps, strong earnings outlook, and festive sentiment drove gains.
Diwali Muhurat Trading 2025: Date, time and significance of special trading session
Diwali Muhurat Trading 2025: As India celebrates Diwali, the stock markets will hold Muhurat Trading, a symbolic one-hour session on Tuesday, October 21, from 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, marking the start of Samvat 2082. NSE and BSE will open for this special session, remaining closed for regular trading, symbolising prosperity, renewal, and optimism for investors in the new Hindu financial year.
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Gujarati New Year 2025 date, tithi, and significance: When is Bestu Varas, Chopda Pujan muhurat, and auspicious timings
Gujarati New Year, Bestu Varas, arrives on October 22, 2025, ushering in Vikram Samvat 2082. Celebrated after Diwali, it signifies renewal and prosperity, marked by Chopda Pujan for financial beginnings. Families embrace traditions, delicious food, and warm greetings of 'Saal Mubarak', blending spirituality with enterprise for a hopeful year ahead.
Gold set to deliver up to 18% returns in Samvat 2081
Samvat 2081 marks an important period for Indian investors as it signals the start of a new financial year in the Hindu calendar, coinciding with the auspicious festival of Diwali.
Samvat 2080 opens on a positive note for investors
The Sensex closed at 65,259, up 355 points, or 0.55%, after advancing as much as 514 points, or 0.79%. The Nifty, ended 100.20 points, or 0.52% higher, to close at 19,526. Both indices posted their best Muhurat trading gains in five years.
New year, new hopes: Stock ideas for Samvat 2080
Analysts said with the valuations in mid-cap and small-cap stocks looking stretched, the focus will more likely be on large-cap stocks.
Hindu New Year 2023: History, significance, and wishes of Vikram Samvat 2080
The Hindu New Year is celebrated on the first day of the Shukla Paksha of the Chaitra month. In many states across North India, the Hindu New Year also begins from the first day of the Hindu month of Baisakhi, traditionally celebrated as the annual spring harvest festival. However, there are differing opinions among Indian scholars regarding the Hindu New Year.
Chaitra Amavasya: Check significance, rituals and traditions
Significance of Chaitra Amavasya in Hinduism and the rituals associated with it.
Muhurat trading: Sensex, Nifty off to robust start
Brokers said buying activity picked up pace as investors opened their books on the first session of Samvat 2079.
Samvat 2078 leaves D-Street investors richer by Rs 11 lakh crore
While the Sensex ended 465 points lower at 59,307.15 in Samvat 2078, Nifty ended 253 points lower at 17,576.30
BSE, NSE to conduct one-hour "muhurat trading" on Diwali
Overall, Indian equities have outperformed global markets significantly in Samvat 2078 and the outperformance is expected to continue in Samvat 2079, driven by strong recovery in the Indian economy and domestic liquidity, offsetting FPI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) outflows, Manish Jeloka, Co-head of Products & Solutions, Sanctum Wealth, said.
Nilesh Shah spots 5 opportunities to invest in Samvat 2079
“Ukraine, US Fed rate, oil, inflation and zero-Covid policy of China will continue to bust. A disciplined investor who can buy on the dips will make money,” said Shah, Group President & MD, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company.
Diwali to Diwali: Midcaps, smallcaps shone in a Samvat year that belonged to equity
With smallcaps and midcaps gaining traction, analysts said the next Samvat could be a year for the second-rung stocks, while largecaps may deliver single-digit returns.
As Samvat 2075 ends for market, Dalal Street rates its show poorly
Equity market performance on the larger or broader scale was disappointing in Samvat 2075.
12 Jhunjhunwala stocks tanked 20% to 90% in Samvat 2075; others rallied up to 90% to make up
Jhunjhunwala took the biggest knock in Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL).
ETMarkets Survey: IT, pharma, PSUs big no-no for Samvat 2076; big bets on private banks, insurers
Some brokerages believe chemicals, insurance and asset management companies will do better.
ETMarkets.com Samvat survey: Top brokerages see Sensex at 44,000 by next Diwali
Analysts expect Sensex and Nifty to rise 7-13 per cent in the new Hindu accounting year.
Samvat 2075: Top 10 Sensex gainers added Rs 9 lakh cr; rest of market lost Rs 1.8 lakh cr
Only 12 of the 30 Sensex stocks are ending the Samvat year with over 10 per cent return.
Muhurat Trading: Will Sensex break the pattern and make a mark?
Muhurat trading will be conducted on both bourses for an hour between 6.30 and 7.30 pm.
Gold dips in Diwali trade; silver ends flat
In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity fell by Rs 100 each to Rs 30,650 and Rs 30,500 per 10 grams respectively. It had gained Rs 160 yesterday.
Samvat 2071 3rd worst for Sensex in a decade
Data compiled from the BSE website showed the 30-pack index rose 26.42% in Samvat 2070, 14.70% in 2069 and 7.69% in 2068.
RSS to celebrate Vikram Samvat New Year on swadeshi theme
The decision comes close on the heels of the VHP deciding to organise Ram Mahotsava on the occasion of Ram Navami on March 28.
Stock markets likely to remain bullish in Samvat 2071
This year has been euphoric for markets. Apart from the last one month or so, overseas investors have been buying heavily.
Cheerful end to Samvat 2070, Sensex up 211 pts at 1-month high
With markets ending positively on the last day of Hindu Samvat year 2070, Sensex has risen by over 26 per cent in this period.
Markets firmly in bull run; Sensex likely to hit 35000 by next Diwali: ET Now poll
Analysts at top brokerage firms believe that we are in a bull market & the Sensex is on track to hit the levels above 30000-35000 by next Diwali.
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