Makar Sankranti 1934
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 moment00:29
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 1934
- Vasant Panchami — 19 January 1934
- Maha Shivaratri — 12 February 1934
- Holika Dahan — 28 February 1934
- Holi — 2 March 1934
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 16 March 1934
- Ram Navami — 24 March 1934
- Akshaya Tritiya — 16 May 1934
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 13 July 1934
- Guru Purnima — 26 July 1934
- Nag Panchami — 15 August 1934
- Raksha Bandhan — 24 August 1934
- Krishna Janmashtami — 31 August 1934
- Hartalika Teej — 12 September 1934
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 12 September 1934
- Anant Chaturdashi — 22 September 1934
- Pitru Paksha begins — 24 September 1934
- Sharad Navratri begins — 9 October 1934
- Durga Ashtami — 16 October 1934
- Maha Navami — 17 October 1934
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 17 October 1934
- Karwa Chauth — 25 October 1934
- Dhanteras — 4 November 1934
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 6 November 1934
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 6 November 1934
- Govardhan Puja — 8 November 1934
- Bhai Dooj — 9 November 1934
- Chhath Puja — 12 November 1934
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 21 November 1934
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 21 November 1934
- Hindu Festivals 1934 →