In India, the Telugu year is the calendar year for the

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

speaking people of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana states and Yanam. Each Yuga (Era) has a cycle of 60 years. Each year of Ugadi year has a specific name in Panchangam (Astronomical calendar) based on astrological influences and the name of the year would represent the character of that year. The calendar includes 60 year names. Every 60 years one name cycle completes and the names repeat in the next cycle. For example, the Telugu name for 1954 is "jaya", repeated in 2014. Ugadi is the Telugu new year festival that comes in the spring season (usually March or April). These years always change on Ugadi. The year 2023 is a Sobhakritu year.

Years

The sixty Ugadi year names are as follows: # (1867, 1927, 1987, 2047) Prabhava ప్రభవ # (1868, 1928, 1988, 2048) Vibhava విభవ # (1869, 1929, 1989, 2049) Shukla శుక్ల # (1870, 1930, 1990, 2050) Pramodyuta ప్రమోదూత # (1871, 1931, 1991, 2051) Prajothpatti ప్రజోత్పత్తి # (1872, 1932, 1992, 2052) Aangeerasa ఆంగీరస # (1873, 1933, 1993, 2053) Shreemukha శ్రీముఖ # (1874, 1934, 1994, 2054) Bhāva భవ # (1875, 1935, 1995, 2055) Yuva యువ # (1876, 1936, 1996, 2056) Dhāta ధాత # (1877, 1937, 1997, 2057) Īshwara ఈశ్వర # (1878, 1938, 1998, 2058) Bahudhānya బహుధాన్య # (1879, 1939, 1999, 2059) Pramādhi ప్రమాధి # (1880, 1940, 2000, 2060) Vikrama విక్రమ # (1881, 1941, 2001, 2061) Vrisha వృష # (1882, 1942, 2002, 2062) Chitrabhānu చిత్రభాను # (1883, 1943, 2003, 2063) Svabhānu స్వభాను # (1884, 1944, 2004, 2064) Tārana తారణ # (1885, 1945, 2005, 2065) Pārthiva పార్థివ # (1886, 1946, 2006, 2066) Vyaya వ్యయ # (1887, 1947, 2007, 2067) Sarvajiththu సర్వజిత్తు # (1888, 1948, 2008, 2068) Sarvadhāri సర్వధారి # (1889, 1949, 2009, 2069) Virodhi విరోధి # (1890, 1950, 2010, 2070) Vikruti వికృతి # (1891, 1951, 2011, 2071) Khara ఖర # (1892, 1952, 2012, 2072) Nandana ‌నందన # (1893, 1953, 2013, 2073) Vijaya విజయ # (1894, 1954, 2014, 2074) Jaya జయ # (1895, 1955, 2015, 2075) Manmadha మన్మధ # (1896, 1956, 2016, 2076) Durmukhi దుర్ముఖి # (1897, 1957, 2017, 2077) Hevalambi హేవళంబి # (1898, 1958, 2018, 2078) Vilambi విళంబి # (1899, 1959, 2019, 2079) Vikāri వికారి (అనారోగ్యము కలిగించునది) # (1900, 1960, 2020, 2080) Shārvari శార్వరి (చీకటి) # (1901, 1961, 2021, 2081) Plava ప్లవ (ఒడ్డుకు చేర్చునది) # (1902, 1962, 2022, 2082) Shubhakritu శుభకృతు (శుభములు కలిగించేది) # (1903, 1963, 2023, 2083) Shobhakritu శోభకృతు (లాభములు కలిగించేది) # (1904, 1964, 2024, 2084) Krodhi క్రోధి (కోపం కలిగించేది) # (1905, 1965, 2025, 2085) Vishvāvasu విశ్వావసు # (1906, 1966, 2026, 2086) Parābhava పరాభవ (vu) # (1907, 1967, 2027, 2087) Plavanga ప్లవంగ # (1908, 1968, 2028, 2088) Kīlaka కీలక # (1909, 1969, 2029, 2089) Soumya సౌమ్య # (1910, 1970, 2030, 2090) Sādhārana సాధారణ # (1911, 1971, 2031, 2091) Virodhikritu విరోధికృతు # (1912, 1972, 2032, 2092) Paridhāvi పరిధావి # (1913, 1973, 2033, 2093) Pramādeecha ప్రమాదీచ # (1914, 1974, 2034, 2094) Ānanda ఆనంద # (1915, 1975, 2035, 2095) Rākshasa రాక్షస # (1916, 1976, 2036, 2096) Nala నల # (1917, 1977, 2037, 2097) Pingala పింగళ # (1918, 1978, 2038, 2098) Kālayukti కాళయుక్తి # (1919, 1979, 2039, 2099) Siddhārthi సిద్ధార్ది # (1920, 1980, 2040, 2100) Roudri రౌద్రి # (1921, 1981, 2041, 2101) Durmathi దుర్మతి # (1922, 1982, 2042, 2102) Dundubhi దుందుభి # (1923, 1983, 2043, 2103) Rudhirodgāri రుధిరోద్గారి # (1924, 1984, 2044, 2104) Raktākshi రక్తాక్షి # (1925, 1985, 2045, 2105) Krodhana క్రోధన # (1926, 1986, 2046, 2106) Akshya అక్షయ

Significance

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432,000 years =

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864,000 years =

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References

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