Makar Sankranti 2012 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Punya kaal 07:16–14:58, Sun 15 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Makar Sankranti 2012 in Chahārbāgh?
Sunday 15 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Sun 15 Jan in ChahārbāghMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Sun 15 Jan in Chahārbāgh?
Makar Sankranti is on Sun 15 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 22:58 Sat.
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+3:30): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Sat 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 22:58.
Sun 15 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 07:16 to 14:58.
The Sun enters Makara at 22:58 Sat, in the night after sunset (17:14 Sat). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next day: Sun 15 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.