Makar Sankranti 1933 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Punya kaal 11:03–03:03 Sat, Fri 13 Jan
Festival · times in UTC−2
When is Makar Sankranti 1933 in Ipameri?
Friday 13 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Fri 13 Jan in IpameriMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Fri 13 Jan in Ipameri?
Makar Sankranti is on Fri 13 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 11:03, 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): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Fri 13 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 11:03; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 03:03 Sat.
Sat 14 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 11:03, between sunrise (06:48) and sunset (19:54). The Dharmasindhu’s punya kala is the 40 ghatis after the ingress, so the bath and gifts fall that day: Fri 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.