Makar Sankranti 1989
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 moment03:03
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 1989
- Vasant Panchami — 10 February 1989
- Maha Shivaratri — 6 March 1989
- Holika Dahan — 21 March 1989
- Holi — 23 March 1989
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 6 April 1989
- Ram Navami — 14 April 1989
- Akshaya Tritiya — 7 May 1989
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 5 July 1989
- Guru Purnima — 18 July 1989
- Nag Panchami — 6 August 1989
- Raksha Bandhan — 17 August 1989
- Krishna Janmashtami — 23 August 1989
- Hartalika Teej — 3 September 1989
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 4 September 1989
- Anant Chaturdashi — 14 September 1989
- Pitru Paksha begins — 16 September 1989
- Sharad Navratri begins — 30 September 1989
- Durga Ashtami — 8 October 1989
- Maha Navami — 9 October 1989
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 10 October 1989
- Karwa Chauth — 17 October 1989
- Dhanteras — 26 October 1989
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 28 October 1989
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 29 October 1989
- Govardhan Puja — 30 October 1989
- Bhai Dooj — 31 October 1989
- Chhath Puja — 5 November 1989
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 13 November 1989
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 13 November 1989
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