The name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and ādi (beginning) “the beginning of a new age”. Yugadi or Ugadi falls on “Chaitra Shudhdha Paadyami” or the first day of the bright half of the Indian month of Chaitra. This generally falls in late March or early April of the Gregorian calendar.
The Telugu people use the term
Ugadi ఉగాది and the Kannadigas use the term Yugadi ಯುಗಾದಿ for this festival.