Makar Sankranti 2082
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 moment23:31
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 2082
- Vasant Panchami — 3 February 2082
- Maha Shivaratri — 25 February 2082
- Holika Dahan — 14 March 2082
- Holi — 15 March 2082
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 30 March 2082
- Ram Navami — 7 April 2082
- Akshaya Tritiya — 30 April 2082
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 28 June 2082
- Guru Purnima — 10 July 2082
- Nag Panchami — 30 July 2082
- Raksha Bandhan — 8 August 2082
- Krishna Janmashtami — 16 August 2082
- Hartalika Teej — 26 August 2082
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 27 August 2082
- Anant Chaturdashi — 6 September 2082
- Pitru Paksha begins — 8 September 2082
- Sharad Navratri begins — 23 September 2082
- Durga Ashtami — 29 September 2082
- Maha Navami — 30 September 2082
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 1 October 2082
- Karwa Chauth — 10 October 2082
- Dhanteras — 19 October 2082
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 20 October 2082
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 21 October 2082
- Govardhan Puja — 22 October 2082
- Bhai Dooj — 23 October 2082
- Chhath Puja — 27 October 2082
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 5 November 2082
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 5 November 2082
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