Mesha Sankranti 1968 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Punya kaal 12:27, Sat 13 Apr
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Mesha Sankranti 1968 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 13 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Sat 13 Apr in PāthardiMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Sat 13 Apr in Pāthardi?
Mesha Sankranti is on Sat 13 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha at 12:27, 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.
Sat 13 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 12:27.
Sun 14 Apr. The Sun does not enter Mesha this day.
The Sun enters Mesha at 12:27, between sunrise (06:13) and sunset (18:46): Sat 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.