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| Earth, Moon and Sun in alignment near vernal Equinox – Ugadi |
New year is celebrated in India in various regions in March–April. India has a variety of calendars, some are lunar based, some are based on the Sun, some are luni-solar and some are Jovian i.e. Jupiter based.
The New Year system is based on the cosmos, it begins when the Sun or the Moon enter the first point of Aries.
