When is the new year celebrated in India? Tough question to answer my friend. The answer is really "that depends". There is a spate of new year celebrations happening in different parts of India of late. The Sikhs celebrated the new year on 14 March to mark the first day of Chet - the first month of the year. The Parsis celebrated Jamshedi Navroz on 21st March 09. The Kashmiri new year Navreh was celebrated on 25 March '09. Two days later the the people from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka celebrated Ugadi to ring in the new year.