Makar Sankranti 2025 in Diffa, Niger Punya kaal 06:36–20:25, Tue 14 Jan
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When is Makar Sankranti 2025 in Diffa?
Tuesday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Tue 14 Jan in DiffaMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Tue 14 Jan in Diffa?
Makar Sankranti is on Tue 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 04:25.
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+1): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Mon 13 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 04:25 Tue.
Tue 14 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 06:36 to 20:25.
The Sun enters Makara at 04:25, in the night after sunset (18:00 Mon). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next day: Tue 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.