Makar Sankranti 1954 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Punya kaal 19:18, Wed 13 Jan
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Makar Sankranti 1954 in Ipameri?
Wednesday 13 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Wed 13 Jan in IpameriMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Wed 13 Jan in Ipameri?
Makar Sankranti is on Wed 13 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 19:18, 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 (UTC−3): 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 19:18.
Thu 14 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 19:18, after sunset (18:54) 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.