Makar Sankranti 2072 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Punya kaal 10:14–02:14 Sat, Fri 15 Jan
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Makar Sankranti 2072 in Pāthardi?
Friday 15 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Fri 15 Jan in PāthardiMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Fri 15 Jan in Pāthardi?
Makar Sankranti is on Fri 15 Jan: the Sun enters Makara at 10:14, 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 (IST): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Fri 15 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 10:14; the punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) from then, to 02:14 Sat.
Sat 16 Jan. The Sun does not enter Makara this day.
The Sun enters Makara at 10:14, between sunrise (07:05) and sunset (18:11). The Dharmasindhu’s punya kala is the 40 ghatis after the ingress, so the bath and gifts fall that day: Fri 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.