Mesha Sankranti 2012 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Punya kaal 07:49, Fri 13 Apr
Festival · times in MDT
When is Mesha Sankranti 2012 in Mapleton?
Friday 13 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Fri 13 Apr in MapletonMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Fri 13 Apr in Mapleton?
Mesha Sankranti is on Fri 13 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha at 07:49, 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 (UTC−6): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Fri 13 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 07:49.
Sat 14 Apr. The Sun does not enter Mesha this day.
The Sun enters Mesha at 07:49, between sunrise (06:50) and sunset (20:03): Fri 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.