Makar Sankranti 1935
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 moment06:39
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 1935
- Vasant Panchami — 7 February 1935
- Maha Shivaratri — 3 March 1935
- Holika Dahan — 19 March 1935
- Holi — 21 March 1935
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 4 April 1935
- Ram Navami — 12 April 1935
- Akshaya Tritiya — 5 May 1935
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 2 July 1935
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 1935
- Nag Panchami — 4 August 1935
- Raksha Bandhan — 14 August 1935
- Krishna Janmashtami — 20 August 1935
- Hartalika Teej — 1 September 1935
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 1935
- Anant Chaturdashi — 11 September 1935
- Pitru Paksha begins — 13 September 1935
- Sharad Navratri begins — 28 September 1935
- Durga Ashtami — 6 October 1935
- Maha Navami — 6 October 1935
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 1935
- Karwa Chauth — 15 October 1935
- Dhanteras — 24 October 1935
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 26 October 1935
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 26 October 1935
- Govardhan Puja — 28 October 1935
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 1935
- Chhath Puja — 2 November 1935
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 10 November 1935
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 10 November 1935
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