Makar Sankranti 2064
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 moment08:43
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 2064
- Vasant Panchami — 23 January 2064
- Maha Shivaratri — 15 February 2064
- Holika Dahan — 2 March 2064
- Holi — 4 March 2064
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 19 March 2064
- Ram Navami — 27 March 2064
- Akshaya Tritiya — 19 April 2064
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 16 July 2064
- Guru Purnima — 28 July 2064
- Nag Panchami — 17 August 2064
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 2064
- Krishna Janmashtami — 3 September 2064
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 2064
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 14 September 2064
- Anant Chaturdashi — 24 September 2064
- Pitru Paksha begins — 26 September 2064
- Sharad Navratri begins — 11 October 2064
- Durga Ashtami — 17 October 2064
- Maha Navami — 18 October 2064
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 2064
- Karwa Chauth — 29 October 2064
- Dhanteras — 6 November 2064
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 2064
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 8 November 2064
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 2064
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 2064
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 2064
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 23 November 2064
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 23 November 2064
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