Mesha Sankranti 1908 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Punya kaal 00:14, Mon 13 Apr
Festival · times in UTC+2:30
When is Mesha Sankranti 1908 in Finote Selam?
Monday 13 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Mon 13 Apr in Finote SelamMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Mon 13 Apr in Finote Selam?
Mesha Sankranti is on Mon 13 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha in the night, at 00:19.
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+2:30): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Sun 12 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 00:19 Mon.
Mon 13 Apr. The Sun entered Mesha in the night before; this day keeps it.
The Sun enters Mesha at 00:19, after sunset (18:17 Sun), so the next day keeps it: Mon 13 Apr. No text giving Mesha Sankranti’s time was found; sankranti is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Mesha Sankranti is the Sun’s entry into Mesha.
- Smarta
- an ingress by day keeps that day; one after sunset, the next: Tithika’s convention.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.