Makar Sankranti 1906
The Sun's entry into sidereal Capricorn — kite-flying, til-gud and holy dips; celebrated as Pongal in the south.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankranti moment20:08
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Makar Sankranti puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaMakar Sankranti — Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Makar Sankranti fall on almost the same date every year?
It is a solar festival, fixed by the Sun's entry into sidereal Makara, not by a lunar tithi. Lunar festivals drift against the civil calendar; this one does not.
What is punya kaal?
The meritorious window reckoned from the moment of the sankranti, during which bathing and charity carry the festival's full merit. If the sankranti falls after sunset, it shifts to the next morning.
Why are til and gur given on this day?
Sesame and jaggery are exchanged with the wish that speech between the giver and receiver stay sweet. Giving — of til, gur, blankets or grain — is the central act of the day.
Other major festivals in 1906
- Vasant Panchami — 29 January 1906
- Maha Shivaratri — 21 February 1906
- Holika Dahan — 10 March 1906
- Holi — 11 March 1906
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 1906
- Ram Navami — 3 April 1906
- Akshaya Tritiya — 26 April 1906
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 24 June 1906
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 1906
- Nag Panchami — 26 July 1906
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 1906
- Krishna Janmashtami — 11 August 1906
- Hartalika Teej — 22 August 1906
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 23 August 1906
- Anant Chaturdashi — 2 September 1906
- Pitru Paksha begins — 3 September 1906
- Sharad Navratri begins — 19 September 1906
- Durga Ashtami — 25 September 1906
- Maha Navami — 26 September 1906
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 27 September 1906
- Karwa Chauth — 6 October 1906
- Dhanteras — 15 October 1906
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 17 October 1906
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 17 October 1906
- Govardhan Puja — 18 October 1906
- Bhai Dooj — 19 October 1906
- Chhath Puja — 23 October 1906
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 1 November 1906
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 1 November 1906
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