Makar Sankranti 2039 in Diffa, Niger Punya kaal 18:41, Fri 14 Jan
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When is Makar Sankranti 2039 in Diffa?
Friday 14 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
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Why is Makar Sankranti on Fri 14 Jan in Diffa?
Makar Sankranti is on Fri 14 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 18:41, 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+1): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Fri 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 18:41.
Sat 15 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 18:41, after sunset (18:01) but within 3 ghatis of it. The Dharmasindhu then keeps the punya kala on that day: Fri 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.