Makar Sankranti 2026 in Baoding, Hebei, China Punya kaal 17:37, Wed 14 Jan
Festival · times in CST
When is Makar Sankranti 2026 in Baoding?
Wednesday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Wed 14 Jan in BaodingMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Wed 14 Jan in Baoding?
Makar Sankranti is on Wed 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 17:37, just after sunset.
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+8): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Wed 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 17:37.
Thu 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 17:37, after sunset (17:18) but within 3 ghatis of it. The Dharmasindhu then keeps the punya kala on that day: Wed 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.