Makar Sankranti 2021 in Lib, Lib Island, Marshall Islands Punya kaal 14:44–06:44 Fri, Thu 14 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+12
When is Makar Sankranti 2021 in Lib?
Thursday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Thu 14 Jan in LibMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Thu 14 Jan in Lib?
Makar Sankranti is on Thu 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 14:44, 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+12): 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 14:44; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 06:44 Fri.
Fri 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 14:44, between sunrise (07:08) and sunset (18:50). 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.