Makar Sankranti 1937 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Punya kaal 19:09, Wed 13 Jan
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Makar Sankranti 1937 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 13 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Wed 13 Jan in PāthardiMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Wed 13 Jan in Pāthardi?
Makar Sankranti is on Wed 13 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 19:09, just after sunset.
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 (IST): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Wed 13 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 19:09.
Thu 14 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 19:09, after sunset (18:10) but within 3 ghatis of it. The Dharmasindhu then keeps the punya kala on that day: Wed 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.