Makar Sankranti 2026 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Punya kaal 11:37–03:37 Thu, Wed 14 Jan
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When is Makar Sankranti 2026 in Khmelnytskyi?
Wednesday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
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Why is Makar Sankranti on Wed 14 Jan in Khmelnytskyi?
Makar Sankranti is on Wed 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 11:37, 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+2): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Wed 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 11:37; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 03:37 Thu.
Thu 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 11:37, between sunrise (08:03) and sunset (16:39). The Dharmasindhu’s punya kala is the 40 ghatis after the ingress, so the bath and gifts fall 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.