Makar Sankranti 1941 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Punya kaal 11:19–03:19 Tue, Mon 13 Jan
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Makar Sankranti 1941 in Ipameri?
Monday 13 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Mon 13 Jan in IpameriMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Mon 13 Jan in Ipameri?
Makar Sankranti is on Mon 13 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 11:19, 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−3): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Mon 13 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 11:19; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 03:19 Tue.
Tue 14 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 11:19, between sunrise (05:48) and sunset (18:54). The Dharmasindhu’s punya kala is the 40 ghatis after the ingress, so the bath and gifts fall that day: Mon 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.