Mesha Sankranti 2020 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Punya kaal 20:22 Mon, Tue 14 Apr
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Mesha Sankranti 2020 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 14 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Tue 14 Apr in PāthardiMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Tue 14 Apr in Pāthardi?
Mesha Sankranti is on Tue 14 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha in the night, at 20:22 Mon.
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.
Mon 13 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 20:22.
Tue 14 Apr. The Sun entered Mesha in the night before; this day keeps it.
The Sun enters Mesha at 20:22 Mon, after sunset (18:46 Mon), so the next day keeps it: Tue 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.