Makar Sankranti 2017 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Punya kaal 06:49–16:08, Sat 14 Jan
Festival · times in UTC−2
When is Makar Sankranti 2017 in Ipameri?
Saturday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Sat 14 Jan in IpameriMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Sat 14 Jan in Ipameri?
Makar Sankranti is on Sat 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 00:08.
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−2): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Fri 13 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 00:08 Sat.
Sat 14 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 06:49 to 16:08.
The Sun enters Makara at 00:08, in the night after sunset (19:54 Fri). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next day: Sat 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.