Sri Lanka, April 13 -- The inauspicious time (Punya Kaalaya or Nonagathaya) of 2025 Sinhala and Tamil New Year commenced a short while ago at 08.57 p.m. and is slated to end at 09.45 a.m. tomorrow (14).

Sri Lankans are set to celebrate the dawn of the traditional New Year this year at the auspicious time of 03.21 a.m. tomorrow (14).

The New Year, known as 'Aluth Avurudda' in Sinhala, and 'Puththandu' in Tamil, is celebrated by both communities by observing various rituals and customs.

According to traditional astrological belief, the Sun completes its movement across the twelve segments of the Zodiac in the course of a year taking one month to travel each constellation.

The transition of the Sun from the House of Pisces to the House o...