Makar Sankranti 2026 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Punya kaal 08:12–10:37, Thu 15 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+9
When is Makar Sankranti 2026 in Progress?
Thursday 15 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Thu 15 Jan in ProgressMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Thu 15 Jan in Progress?
Makar Sankranti is on Thu 15 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 18:37 Wed.
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.
Wed 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 18:37.
Thu 15 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 08:12 to 10:37.
The Sun enters Makara at 18:37 Wed, in the night after sunset (16:46 Wed). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next day: Thu 15 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.