Makar Sankranti 1946
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 moment02:21
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 1946
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1946
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1946
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 1946
- Holi — 18 March 1946
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 1946
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1946
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 1946
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1946
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 1946
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 1946
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 1946
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1946
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1946
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1946
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1946
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 1946
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1946
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 1946
- Maha Navami — 4 October 1946
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 1946
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1946
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1946
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1946
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1946
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1946
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1946
- Chhath Puja — 31 October 1946
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1946
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1946
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