Makar Sankranti 1938
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 moment01:07
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 1938
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 1938
- Maha Shivaratri — 28 February 1938
- Holika Dahan — 15 March 1938
- Holi — 17 March 1938
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 1938
- Ram Navami — 8 April 1938
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 1938
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 29 June 1938
- Guru Purnima — 12 July 1938
- Nag Panchami — 31 July 1938
- Raksha Bandhan — 11 August 1938
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 1938
- Hartalika Teej — 28 August 1938
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 28 August 1938
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 1938
- Pitru Paksha begins — 10 September 1938
- Sharad Navratri begins — 24 September 1938
- Durga Ashtami — 1 October 1938
- Maha Navami — 3 October 1938
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 1938
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 1938
- Dhanteras — 20 October 1938
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 1938
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 22 October 1938
- Govardhan Puja — 24 October 1938
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 1938
- Chhath Puja — 29 October 1938
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 7 November 1938
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 7 November 1938
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