Makar Sankranti 2028 in Azhatebage, Xinjiang, China Punya kaal 08:06–19:53, Sat 15 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+6
When is Makar Sankranti 2028 in Azhatebage?
Saturday 15 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Sat 15 Jan in AzhatebageMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Sat 15 Jan in Azhatebage?
Makar Sankranti is on Sat 15 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 03:53.
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+6): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Fri 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 03:53 Sat.
Sat 15 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 08:06 to 19:53.
The Sun enters Makara at 03:53, in the night after sunset (17:50 Fri). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next day: Sat 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.