Makar Sankranti 2075
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 moment04:25
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 2075
- Vasant Panchami — 21 January 2075
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 2075
- Holika Dahan — 2 March 2075
- Holi — 3 March 2075
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 17 March 2075
- Ram Navami — 26 March 2075
- Akshaya Tritiya — 17 May 2075
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 15 July 2075
- Guru Purnima — 27 July 2075
- Nag Panchami — 17 August 2075
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 2075
- Krishna Janmashtami — 2 September 2075
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 2075
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 14 September 2075
- Anant Chaturdashi — 23 September 2075
- Pitru Paksha begins — 25 September 2075
- Sharad Navratri begins — 10 October 2075
- Durga Ashtami — 17 October 2075
- Maha Navami — 18 October 2075
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 18 October 2075
- Karwa Chauth — 27 October 2075
- Dhanteras — 6 November 2075
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 2075
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 2075
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 2075
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 2075
- Chhath Puja — 13 November 2075
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 22 November 2075
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 22 November 2075
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