Makara Sankranti · Sankranthi Festival The day the Sun enters Makara and turns north, and the three-day harvest festival of the Telugu and Kannada country.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Makara Sankranti · Sankranthi
- తెలుగు
- మకర సంక్రాంతి
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಮಕರ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ
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
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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 the Sun enters Makara and turns north, and the three-day harvest festival of the Telugu and Kannada country. Houses are washed and drawn over with muggu and gobbemma, the haridasu and the gangireddu (the decorated bull) come to the door, and the new rice is cooked. Karnataka exchanges ellu-bella, sesame and jaggery, with the words that ask for good words in return.
- Deity
- Surya
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
The day the Sun enters Makara when the ingress is before sunset, otherwise the next day; the offering to the Sun is in the morning.
The fast
No fast. Ariselu, pongali and sesame sweets are made; the sesame and jaggery are shared on Karnataka's ellu-bella plate.
Where the regions differ
The same ingress is Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujarat (with kite flying), Maghi in the Punjab, Magh Bihu in Assam and Makaravilakku at Sabarimala. Its civil date barely moves, 14 or 15 January.
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.