Bestu Varsh: Gujarati New Year on Kartik Day One
Why in the news
The Gujarati community across the globe marked its New Year on the day this news was reported.
Key facts
- Festival name: Bestu Varsh, popularly used for the Gujarati New Year.
- Timing: first day of Kartik.
- Calendar system: Hindu calendar Vikram Samvat.
- Celebrated by Gujaratis in Gujarat and across the world.
About the occasion
Bestu Varsh begins the new year for Gujarati communities and follows the Hindu month Kartik.
Exam angle
- Community: Gujarati.
- Name of the New Year: Bestu Varsh.
- Month: Kartik; calendar: Vikram Samvat.