Makar Sankranti 2021 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Punya kaal 06:17–13:44, Thu 14 Jan
Festival · times in UTC−5
When is Makar Sankranti 2021 in Cuenca?
Thursday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Thu 14 Jan in CuencaMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Thu 14 Jan in Cuenca?
Makar Sankranti is on Thu 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 21:44 Wed.
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−5): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Wed 13 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 21:44.
Thu 14 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 06:17 to 13:44.
The Sun enters Makara at 21:44 Wed, in the night after sunset (18:33 Wed). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next 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.