Makar Sankranti 2043
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 moment23:27
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 2043
- Vasant Panchami — 14 February 2043
- Maha Shivaratri — 9 March 2043
- Holika Dahan — 25 March 2043
- Holi — 26 March 2043
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 10 April 2043
- Ram Navami — 17 April 2043
- Akshaya Tritiya — 11 May 2043
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 8 July 2043
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 2043
- Nag Panchami — 10 August 2043
- Raksha Bandhan — 20 August 2043
- Krishna Janmashtami — 27 August 2043
- Hartalika Teej — 6 September 2043
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 7 September 2043
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 2043
- Pitru Paksha begins — 19 September 2043
- Sharad Navratri begins — 4 October 2043
- Durga Ashtami — 11 October 2043
- Maha Navami — 12 October 2043
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 2043
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 2043
- Dhanteras — 30 October 2043
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 31 October 2043
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 1 November 2043
- Govardhan Puja — 2 November 2043
- Bhai Dooj — 3 November 2043
- Chhath Puja — 8 November 2043
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 16 November 2043
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 16 November 2043
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