Makar Sankranti 1908
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 moment08:27
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 1908
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1908
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 1908
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 1908
- Holi — 19 March 1908
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 1908
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1908
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 1908
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1908
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 1908
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 1908
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 1908
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 1908
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 1908
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1908
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 1908
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 1908
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1908
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 1908
- Maha Navami — 4 October 1908
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 1908
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 1908
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1908
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 1908
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1908
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 1908
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1908
- Chhath Puja — 31 October 1908
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 8 November 1908
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 8 November 1908
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