Makar Sankranti 2025 in Quva, Fergana, Uzbekistan Punya kaal 08:25–00:25 Wed, Tue 14 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Makar Sankranti 2025 in Quva?
Tuesday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Tue 14 Jan in QuvaMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Tue 14 Jan in Quva?
Makar Sankranti is on Tue 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 08:25, 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+5): 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 08:25; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 00:25 Wed.
Wed 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 08:25, between sunrise (07:33) and sunset (17:08). 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.