🪷 कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति · Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
📅 When is Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)?
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-07-17 | Thursday |
| 2026 (this year) | 2026-07-17 | Friday |
| 2027 | 2027-07-17 | Saturday |
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
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output
Sources and Connected Observances
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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