Mesha Sankranti 2014 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Punya kaal 23:06 Sun, Mon 14 Apr
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Mesha Sankranti 2014 in Ipameri?
Monday 14 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Mon 14 Apr in IpameriMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Mon 14 Apr in Ipameri?
Mesha Sankranti is on Mon 14 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha in the night, at 23:06 Sun.
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−3): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Sun 13 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 23:06.
Mon 14 Apr. The Sun entered Mesha in the night before; this day keeps it.
The Sun enters Mesha at 23:06 Sun, after sunset (18:04 Sun), so the next day keeps it: Mon 14 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.