Ashadhi Beej Date Gujarat India - Ashadhi Bij Kutchi New Year - History - Details

Ashadi Beej is an auspicious day for farming communities in North India Especially Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and some other places. Ashadi Beej also known as a kutch New Year. Ashadhi Beej falls on the second day in bright half of Ashadhi Month (Ashadhi Sud Beej). Kutchi people celebrate their Kutchi New Year on Ashadi Beej. It is the 2nd day of Shukla paksha of Aashaadha month of Hindu calendar (June or July).

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Ashadhi Beej 2018 Date and Day:                                                                   

Ashadhi Beej 2018 Date: 14th July 2018

Ashadhi Bij 2018 Day:  Saturday

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The Kutchi people celebrate their Kutchi New Year on Ashadi Beej. It is the 2nd day of Shukla paksha of Aashaadha month of Hindu calendar (June or July). Ashadhi beej is celebrated mainly at two places in India VishvaNath temple in Varanasi, UP and Mulesh Mahadev in Umreth, Gujarat. Ashadhi beej also celebrated in Gujarat cities like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Vapi, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Amreli, Junagadh, Nadiyad, Vidyanagar, Daman, Surendranagar, Morbi, Bharuch, Navsari, Porbandar, Anand.

Other then these Kutchi people all around the world celebrate this day at their level best. Spring season to predict the weather, during the pre-monsoon, there is a small festival called Ashadhi-beej to predict the monsoon. During Ashadhi-beej, they check the moisture in the atmosphere to help predict which crop would do best in coming monsoon.

Moisture in the air makes the seed and soil gain weight. If the pre-monsoon air has a lot of moisture in it that is a fairly good indication that the season will be well.Ashadi Beej the famous Jagannath Rath Yatra takes place in Ahmedabad and Puri.

Lord Jagannatha is worshipped primarily in city of Puri at famous Jagannatha temple. Lord Jagannatha is considered a form of Lord Vishnu and also revered by the followers of Vaishnavism. Jagannatha literally means Lord of the Universe. Jagannatha temple is one of the four Hindu pilgrimage centers known as Char Dham pilgrimages that a Hindu is expected to make in one’s lifetime. Lord Jagannatha is worshipped along with his brother Balabhadra and his sister Devi Subhadra.