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Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana) Source-Anchor Spine

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Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)local festival mūrti-page · Pan-Hindu/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceKarka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana) computed on Thursday, 2025-07-172026 occurrenceKarka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana) computed on Friday, 2026-07-172027 occurrenceKarka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana) computed on Saturday, 2027-07-17BG 10.35Krishna as Mārgaśīrṣa among months and kusumākara among seasonsBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckoners/jyotisha-referencetithi, nakshatra, vāra, and pañchāṅga element source layer/cosmic-timekalpa, manvantara, yuga, and annual-cycle time context/lagna-tithi-lokaMātṛ-Vidyā source layer for tithi, loka, and reader-local kṣetra/samskara-muhurtaoperational muhūrta doorway for dharmic timing decisions/bindufestival time as Bindu-touch aperture in the dharmic year/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

📅 When is Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)?

YearDateDay
20252025-07-17Thursday
2026 (this year)2026-07-17Friday
20272027-07-17Saturday
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
Associated deity: Sūrya Bhagavān

Tradition

Tradition: Pan-Hindu

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "sun_rashi_ingress": "Karka"
}
Precedence: 2 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output