Makar Sankranti 2060
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 moment08:05
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 2060
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 2060
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 2060
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 2060
- Holi — 18 March 2060
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 2060
- Ram Navami — 9 April 2060
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 2060
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 2060
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 2060
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 2060
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 2060
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 2060
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 2060
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 2060
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 2060
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 2060
- Sharad Navratri begins — 25 September 2060
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 2060
- Maha Navami — 4 October 2060
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 2060
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 2060
- Dhanteras — 21 October 2060
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 2060
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 23 October 2060
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 2060
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 2060
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 2060
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 8 November 2060
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 8 November 2060
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