Ashadhi Beej as it falls in 2060.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2060, in Ahmedabad
RegionalGujarati · Hindu
Kutchi New Year
Panchang on the day
29
Tuesday
Waxing First
until 06:46
Gemini
- કKa
- છChha
- ઘGha
- Sunrise
- 05:56
- Sunset
- 19:30
- Moonrise
- 06:49
- Nakshatra
- Punarvasu
- until 20:45
- Yoga
- Dhruva
- until 08:46
- Karana
- Bava
- until 06:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 to 17:48
- Yamaganda 09:19 to 11:01
- Abhijit muhurat 12:16 to 13:10
Why this date
Ashadh Waxing Second, taken at sunrise
Runs from 29 Jun 06:46 IST to 30 Jun 05:36 IST.
This tithi is skipped: it begins and ends between two sunrises, so no day carries it. Shown on the day it begins.
In short
Kutchi New Year on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya.
The story
Ashadhi Beej is the traditional New Year of Kutchi communities, celebrated on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya. Its place in the calendar reflects Kutch's close relationship with the monsoon. In a dry region where rain shapes agriculture, grazing, water storage and household planning, the arrival of Ashadha brings fresh hopes for the year. Families greet one another, visit temples or shrines, prepare festive food and pray for rain, well-being and prosperity. It is a living regional calendar tradition rather than a festival founded on one universally accepted mythological episode.
Local folklore includes observing the direction of winds and the appearance of clouds around the new year to guess the season's rainfall. These practices express generations of attention to the landscape, but cannot replace scientific weather forecasts. Kutchi families living outside Kutch also celebrate the date as a link with their language, homeland and relatives.
The same lunar day is associated with Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri and Ahmedabad, but that celebration has its own Krishna-Jagannath theology and procession rites. Ashadhi Beej should not be confused with Gujarat's Bestu Varas, the New Year celebrated after Diwali, or presented as the universal New Year of every Gujarati community.
Why it matters
Ashadhi Beej marks the Kutchi New Year and the monsoon's arrival; Jagannath Rath Yatra is a separate celebration on the same tithi.
What people do
Kutchi families exchange New Year greetings, cook festive meals, pray and welcome the monsoon. Weather folklore is not a reliable scientific forecast.
Told differently elsewhere
This is primarily the Kutchi New Year; the same tithi hosts Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri and Ahmedabad, with distinct meaning.
Questions people ask
- When is Ashadhi Beej in 2060?
- On Tuesday, 29 June 2060 in India. Runs from 29 Jun 06:46 IST to 30 Jun 05:36 IST.
- Why does the date change every year?
- It is kept by the lunar calendar, so its day on the civil calendar moves from year to year.
- Is the date the same everywhere?
- Yes. It is kept everywhere on the day it falls on in India.
