Kinkrant · Karidin Observance The day after Makar Sankrant, on which the Sankranti devata is held to have killed a demon called Kinkarasur.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Kinkrant · Karidin
- हिन्दी
- किंक्रांत
- मराठी
- किंक्रांत
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
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The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Looking for the calendar this day belongs to
This day does not fall again in the next three years at this place. A few days are tied to the solar month rather than to the civil year, so a year can hold two of them or none.
What the day is
The day after Makar Sankrant, on which the Sankranti devata is held to have killed a demon called Kinkarasur. The Marathi panchangs print the form the goddess takes that year, the vahana she rides, the weapon she carries, the direction she faces and what she wears and eats, and the whole is read as an omen for the year. Nothing new is begun on it, which is why it is also called Karidin.
- Deity
- Sankranti Devata, Surya
- Kind
- Observance Days marked, watched or begun, without a fast or a feast of their own.
The hour
The rule in words
The whole of the day after Makar Sankrant; there is no puja hour to keep.
The fast
No fast. What was cooked for Sankrant is eaten, and tilgul goes on being exchanged through the rest of the month.
Where the regions differ
A Marathi reading of the day; the Telugu country keeps the same day as Kanuma for the cattle and Tamil Nadu as Mattu Pongal. Traditions vary on how seriously the Kinkrant omen is taken, and many households simply note it.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.