Makar Sankranti 1925
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 moment17:05
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 1925
- Vasant Panchami — 29 January 1925
- Maha Shivaratri — 21 February 1925
- Holika Dahan — 10 March 1925
- Holi — 11 March 1925
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 1925
- Ram Navami — 2 April 1925
- Akshaya Tritiya — 25 April 1925
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 23 June 1925
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 1925
- Nag Panchami — 26 July 1925
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 1925
- Krishna Janmashtami — 11 August 1925
- Hartalika Teej — 22 August 1925
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 23 August 1925
- Anant Chaturdashi — 1 September 1925
- Pitru Paksha begins — 3 September 1925
- Sharad Navratri begins — 19 September 1925
- Durga Ashtami — 25 September 1925
- Maha Navami — 26 September 1925
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 27 September 1925
- Karwa Chauth — 5 October 1925
- Dhanteras — 15 October 1925
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 16 October 1925
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 17 October 1925
- Govardhan Puja — 18 October 1925
- Bhai Dooj — 19 October 1925
- Chhath Puja — 23 October 1925
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 31 October 1925
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 31 October 1925
- Hindu Festivals 1925 →