Makar Sankranti 1960
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 moment16:32
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 1960
- Vasant Panchami — 1 February 1960
- Maha Shivaratri — 25 February 1960
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1960
- Holi — 14 March 1960
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 28 March 1960
- Ram Navami — 5 April 1960
- Akshaya Tritiya — 28 April 1960
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 1960
- Guru Purnima — 8 July 1960
- Nag Panchami — 29 July 1960
- Raksha Bandhan — 7 August 1960
- Krishna Janmashtami — 13 August 1960
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1960
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1960
- Anant Chaturdashi — 4 September 1960
- Pitru Paksha begins — 6 September 1960
- Sharad Navratri begins — 21 September 1960
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 1960
- Maha Navami — 29 September 1960
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 30 September 1960
- Karwa Chauth — 8 October 1960
- Dhanteras — 18 October 1960
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1960
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 19 October 1960
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1960
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1960
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 1960
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 3 November 1960
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 3 November 1960
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