Makar Sankranti 1942
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 moment01:44
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 1942
- Vasant Panchami — 21 January 1942
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 1942
- Holika Dahan — 2 March 1942
- Holi — 3 March 1942
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 17 March 1942
- Ram Navami — 26 March 1942
- Akshaya Tritiya — 18 April 1942
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 15 July 1942
- Guru Purnima — 27 July 1942
- Nag Panchami — 17 August 1942
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 1942
- Krishna Janmashtami — 2 September 1942
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 1942
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 14 September 1942
- Anant Chaturdashi — 23 September 1942
- Pitru Paksha begins — 25 September 1942
- Sharad Navratri begins — 11 October 1942
- Durga Ashtami — 17 October 1942
- Maha Navami — 18 October 1942
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 18 October 1942
- Karwa Chauth — 27 October 1942
- Dhanteras — 6 November 1942
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 1942
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 8 November 1942
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 1942
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 1942
- Chhath Puja — 13 November 1942
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 22 November 1942
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 22 November 1942
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