Makar Sankranti 1994
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 moment09:49
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 1994
- Vasant Panchami — 15 February 1994
- Maha Shivaratri — 10 March 1994
- Holika Dahan — 26 March 1994
- Holi — 28 March 1994
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 12 April 1994
- Ram Navami — 20 April 1994
- Akshaya Tritiya — 13 May 1994
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 10 July 1994
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 1994
- Nag Panchami — 11 August 1994
- Raksha Bandhan — 21 August 1994
- Krishna Janmashtami — 29 August 1994
- Hartalika Teej — 8 September 1994
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 9 September 1994
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 1994
- Pitru Paksha begins — 20 September 1994
- Sharad Navratri begins — 6 October 1994
- Durga Ashtami — 12 October 1994
- Maha Navami — 13 October 1994
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 1994
- Karwa Chauth — 23 October 1994
- Dhanteras — 1 November 1994
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 2 November 1994
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 3 November 1994
- Govardhan Puja — 4 November 1994
- Bhai Dooj — 5 November 1994
- Chhath Puja — 8 November 1994
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 18 November 1994
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 18 November 1994
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