Makar Sankranti 2021 in Devarshola, Tamil Nadu Punya kaal 08:14–00:14 Fri, Thu 14 Jan
Tamil Nadu, India
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When is Makar Sankranti 2021 in Devarshola?
Thursday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Thu 14 Jan in DevarsholaMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Thu 14 Jan in Devarshola?
Makar Sankranti is on Thu 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 08:14, 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 (IST): 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 08:14; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 00:14 Fri.
Fri 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 08:14, between sunrise (06:47) and sunset (18:19). 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.