Gujarati celebrates new year ‘Bestu Varsh’

Gujarati celebrates new year ‘Bestu Varsh’ : Bestu Varas, Gujarati New Year has been celebrated a day after Diwali on the Pratipada Tithi in the month of Kartik. The day is also called Varsha Pratipada or Padwa. In 2022, Gujaratis were celebrated their New Year on October 25.

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Significance: Gujarati businessmen and traders start new books of account and close the old ones.

These account books are called chopda or bahi-khata. The Gujarati New Year coincides with Govardhan Puja.