Makar Sankranti 1919
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 moment04:09
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 1919
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 1919
- Maha Shivaratri — 28 February 1919
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 1919
- Holi — 17 March 1919
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 1919
- Ram Navami — 8 April 1919
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 1919
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 29 June 1919
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 1919
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 1919
- Raksha Bandhan — 11 August 1919
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 1919
- Hartalika Teej — 28 August 1919
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 29 August 1919
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 1919
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 1919
- Sharad Navratri begins — 25 September 1919
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1919
- Maha Navami — 3 October 1919
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 1919
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 1919
- Dhanteras — 21 October 1919
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 1919
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 23 October 1919
- Govardhan Puja — 24 October 1919
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 1919
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 1919
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 7 November 1919
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 7 November 1919
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