Makar Sankranti 1943 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Punya kaal 09:10–01:10 Fri, Thu 14 Jan
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in UTC+6:30
When is Makar Sankranti 1943 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Thu 14 Jan in PāthardiMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Thu 14 Jan in Pāthardi?
Makar Sankranti is on Thu 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 09:10, 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 (IST): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Thu 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 09:10; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 01:10 Fri.
Fri 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 09:10, between sunrise (08:05) and sunset (19:10). The Dharmasindhu’s punya kala is the 40 ghatis after the ingress, so the bath and gifts fall that day: Thu 14 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.