Makar Sankranti 2031 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Punya kaal 07:05–13:51, Wed 15 Jan
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Makar Sankranti 2031 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 15 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Wed 15 Jan in PāthardiMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Wed 15 Jan in Pāthardi?
Makar Sankranti is on Wed 15 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 21:51 Tue.
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 (IST): 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 21:51.
Wed 15 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 07:05 to 13:51.
The Sun enters Makara at 21:51 Tue, in the night after sunset (18:10 Tue). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next day: Wed 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.