Makar Sankranti 1907
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 moment02:17
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 1907
- Vasant Panchami — 18 January 1907
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 March 1907
- Holika Dahan — 29 March 1907
- Holi — 30 March 1907
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 13 April 1907
- Ram Navami — 22 April 1907
- Akshaya Tritiya — 15 May 1907
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 12 July 1907
- Guru Purnima — 25 July 1907
- Nag Panchami — 14 August 1907
- Raksha Bandhan — 23 August 1907
- Krishna Janmashtami — 30 August 1907
- Hartalika Teej — 10 September 1907
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 11 September 1907
- Anant Chaturdashi — 20 September 1907
- Pitru Paksha begins — 22 September 1907
- Sharad Navratri begins — 8 October 1907
- Durga Ashtami — 14 October 1907
- Maha Navami — 15 October 1907
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 16 October 1907
- Karwa Chauth — 24 October 1907
- Dhanteras — 3 November 1907
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 4 November 1907
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 5 November 1907
- Govardhan Puja — 6 November 1907
- Bhai Dooj — 7 November 1907
- Chhath Puja — 11 November 1907
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 19 November 1907
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 19 November 1907
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