Mesha Sankranti 2082 in Codcod, Western Visayas, Philippines Punya kaal 20:30 Tue, Wed 15 Apr
Festival · times in PST
When is Mesha Sankranti 2082 in Codcod?
Wednesday 15 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Wed 15 Apr in CodcodMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Wed 15 Apr in Codcod?
Mesha Sankranti is on Wed 15 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha in the night, at 20:30 Tue.
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+8): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Tue 14 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 20:30.
Wed 15 Apr. The Sun entered Mesha in the night before; this day keeps it.
The Sun enters Mesha at 20:30 Tue, after sunset (17:58 Tue), so the next day keeps it: Wed 15 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.