Makar Sankranti 2047
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 moment00:04
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 2047
- Vasant Panchami — 31 January 2047
- Maha Shivaratri — 22 February 2047
- Holika Dahan — 11 March 2047
- Holi — 12 March 2047
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 27 March 2047
- Ram Navami — 4 April 2047
- Akshaya Tritiya — 28 April 2047
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 25 June 2047
- Guru Purnima — 7 July 2047
- Nag Panchami — 27 July 2047
- Raksha Bandhan — 5 August 2047
- Krishna Janmashtami — 13 August 2047
- Hartalika Teej — 24 August 2047
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 24 August 2047
- Anant Chaturdashi — 3 September 2047
- Pitru Paksha begins — 5 September 2047
- Sharad Navratri begins — 20 September 2047
- Durga Ashtami — 26 September 2047
- Maha Navami — 27 September 2047
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 28 September 2047
- Karwa Chauth — 7 October 2047
- Dhanteras — 16 October 2047
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 18 October 2047
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 18 October 2047
- Govardhan Puja — 19 October 2047
- Bhai Dooj — 20 October 2047
- Chhath Puja — 24 October 2047
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 2 November 2047
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 2 November 2047
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