Makar Sankranti 2015 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Punya kaal 17:57, Wed 14 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Makar Sankranti 2015 in Sevan?
Wednesday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Wed 14 Jan in SevanMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Wed 14 Jan in Sevan?
Makar Sankranti is on Wed 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 17:57, 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+4): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Wed 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 17:57.
Thu 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 17:57, after sunset (17:56) but within 3 ghatis of it. The Dharmasindhu then keeps the punya kala on that day: Wed 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.