Mesha Sankranti 2016 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Punya kaal 17:18, Wed 13 Apr
Festival · times in EEST
When is Mesha Sankranti 2016 in Khmelnytskyi?
Wednesday 13 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Wed 13 Apr in KhmelnytskyiMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Wed 13 Apr in Khmelnytskyi?
Mesha Sankranti is on Wed 13 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha at 17:18, 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+3): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Wed 13 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 17:18.
Thu 14 Apr. The Sun does not enter Mesha this day.
The Sun enters Mesha at 17:18, between sunrise (06:23) and sunset (20:02): Wed 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.