Makar Sankranti 2030
The Sun's entry into sidereal Capricorn — kite-flying, til-gud and holy dips; celebrated as Pongal in the south.
Today's Panchang
Kashi reference · computed live- Tithi
- Ashtami
- till 18:59
- Nakshatra
- Bharani
- till 20:18
- Yoga
- Ganda
- Karana
- Balava
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Sun sign
- Cancer
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankranti moment15:25
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 2030
- Vasant Panchami — 7 February 2030
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 2030
- Holika Dahan — 19 March 2030
- Holi — 20 March 2030
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 2030
- Ram Navami — 12 April 2030
- Akshaya Tritiya — 5 May 2030
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 2 July 2030
- Guru Purnima — 15 July 2030
- Nag Panchami — 4 August 2030
- Raksha Bandhan — 13 August 2030
- Krishna Janmashtami — 20 August 2030
- Hartalika Teej — 31 August 2030
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 1 September 2030
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 2030
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 2030
- Sharad Navratri begins — 28 September 2030
- Durga Ashtami — 4 October 2030
- Maha Navami — 5 October 2030
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 6 October 2030
- Karwa Chauth — 15 October 2030
- Dhanteras — 24 October 2030
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 25 October 2030
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 26 October 2030
- Govardhan Puja — 27 October 2030
- Bhai Dooj — 28 October 2030
- Chhath Puja — 1 November 2030
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 10 November 2030
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 10 November 2030
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