Makar Sankranti 2045
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 moment11:45
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 2045
- Vasant Panchami — 23 January 2045
- Maha Shivaratri — 15 February 2045
- Holika Dahan — 2 March 2045
- Holi — 4 March 2045
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 19 March 2045
- Ram Navami — 27 March 2045
- Akshaya Tritiya — 19 April 2045
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 16 July 2045
- Guru Purnima — 28 July 2045
- Nag Panchami — 17 August 2045
- Raksha Bandhan — 27 August 2045
- Krishna Janmashtami — 4 September 2045
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 2045
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 14 September 2045
- Anant Chaturdashi — 25 September 2045
- Pitru Paksha begins — 27 September 2045
- Sharad Navratri begins — 11 October 2045
- Durga Ashtami — 18 October 2045
- Maha Navami — 19 October 2045
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 20 October 2045
- Karwa Chauth — 29 October 2045
- Dhanteras — 6 November 2045
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 2045
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 8 November 2045
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 2045
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 2045
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 2045
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 24 November 2045
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 24 November 2045
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