Makar Sankranti 2025 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Punya kaal 12:25–04:25 Wed, Tue 14 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+9
When is Makar Sankranti 2025 in Progress?
Tuesday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Tue 14 Jan in ProgressMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Tue 14 Jan in Progress?
Makar Sankranti is on Tue 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 12:25, 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+9): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Tue 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 12:25; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 04:25 Wed.
Wed 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 12:25, between sunrise (08:13) and sunset (16:47). The Dharmasindhu’s punya kala is the 40 ghatis after the ingress, so the bath and gifts fall that 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.