Makar Sankranti 1921 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Punya kaal 13:41–05:41 Fri, Thu 13 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+2:30
When is Makar Sankranti 1921 in Finote Selam?
Thursday 13 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Thu 13 Jan in Finote SelamMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Thu 13 Jan in Finote Selam?
Makar Sankranti is on Thu 13 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 13:46, by day.
Ring: the Sun’s yearly path, 12 rashis of 30° counted from 0°; stars fixed (sidereal, Lahiri). Close-up: the Sun’s path on one clock (UTC+2:30): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Thu 13 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 13:46; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 05:46 Fri.
Fri 14 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 13:46, between sunrise (06:28) and sunset (18:01). The Dharmasindhu’s punya kala is the 40 ghatis after the ingress, so the bath and gifts fall that day: Thu 13 Jan.
The rule
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
The Makar Sankranti bath and gifts are made in the punya kala after the Sun’s ingress.
- Smarta
- an ingress by day, or within 3 ghatis after sunset, keeps that day; one later in the night gives the next day’s punya kala (Dharmasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.