With the colorful celebration of Nutan Varshabhinandan (Gujarati New Year) not too far away, on October 22, 2025, Gujaratis all over the world will be enjoying new beginnings, taking time to look back at the year gone, and spending time with family and friends. The paper explores the spirit of the festival, its relevance and includes personal wishes to celebrate the festival.
What is Nutan Varshabhinandan?
The Gujarati New Year is called as Bestu Varas or Vikram Samvat 2082 and is observed on the day following Diwali. In comparison to Gregorian calendar, Vikram Samvat calendar is highly used in Gujarat and it commences a new year with month of Kartik.
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This is a very important day particularly to the business world. It is a period to venerate account books in a ritual called Chopda Pujan in an attempt to have blessings of prosperity and success in the new year. Greeting Saal Mubarak is customary to wish well and be happy.
Significance of the Day
Chopda Pujan:Praise to the account books to bring good fortune.
Family Meetings: Coming back to close ones to have a joyful time and bring blessings.
Spiritual Practices: Paying a visit to temples and praying to get peace and prosperity.
Old Cultural Practices: Sharing salt as an offering of goodwill and setting new grounds.
Such traditions are indicators of the strong cultural and religious beliefs of the Gujarati people.
Heartfelt Wishes for Nutan Varshabhinandan 2025
To spread the happiness and the blessings on this auspicious day, following are some warm wishes:
"Saal Mubarak! This is to wish you a happy and a prosperous new year.
Happy wishes of a healthy, prosperous, and successful year to you. Saal Mubarak 2025!"
May Ganesha, Lord and Lakshmi Goddess in her home can bring peace and prosperity.
Festivities of new beginnings. Happy Gujarati New Year!"
Let this year be a year of progress, of being positive and fulfilling. Saal Mubarak!"
Friends and family can be spread with these messages to create the festal atmosphere.
Embracing Traditions and Modern Celebrations:
Although, the main focus of the Nutan Varshabhinandan is on the traditional customs, there are also a lot of people who follow the modern celebratory customs:
Social Media Greetings: Wishing and sending pictures of celebrations on websites such as WhatsApp and Facebook.
Virtual Gatherings: Spending time with family and friends via video conferencing so they can have a party together.
Ornaments: Have rangolis, diyas and festal lights to bring in the new year in their homes.
These activities are traditional and modern at the same time so that the spirit of the festival is not dead.
The year 2025 is not merely a beginning of a new year, but a festival of culture, tradition and the things that hold us together. As in the olden days ritualistic festivities, or the new times and times of modernity, the smell of the festival is still the same, to usher in the new year positively, with positivity and abundance.
May this new year bring you nearer to your dreams and turn your life into the one filled with joy and success as you celebrate. Saal Mubarak!
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