Makar Sankranti 2027 in Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar Punya kaal 06:21–10:40, Fri 15 Jan
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Makar Sankranti 2027 in Doha?
Friday 15 January
The Sun’s entry into Makara (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Fri 15 Jan in DohaMakar Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Makar Sankranti on Fri 15 Jan in Doha?
Makar Sankranti is on Fri 15 Jan: the Sun enters Makara in the night, at 18:40 Thu.
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 (AST): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters. Box: Punya kala.
Thu 14 Jan. The Sun enters Makara at 18:40.
Fri 15 Jan. The punya kala is the 40 ghatis (16 h) after the ingress: this morning, from sunrise 06:21 to 10:40.
The Sun enters Makara at 18:40 Thu, in the night after sunset (17:04 Thu). The Dharmasindhu then puts the punya kala on the next 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.