Makar Sankranti 2016 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Punya kaal 16:56–08:56 Fri, Thu 14 Jan
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Makar Sankranti 2016 in Davinópolis?
Thursday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Thu 14 Jan in DavinópolisMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Thu 14 Jan in Davinópolis?
Makar Sankranti is on Thu 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 16:56, 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.
Thu 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 16:56; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 08:56 Fri.
Fri 15 Jan. The punya kala that began the day before ends this morning at 08:56; Makar Sankranti stays on Thu 14 Jan.
The Sun enters Makara at 16:56, between sunrise (06:06) and sunset (18:30). 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.