🪷 1852 Saṅkrānti Calendar · 12 Solar Transitions

Every Sun-into-new-rāśi event · the 12 cosmic turnings of the year

अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्।
तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः॥
"Fire · light · day · the bright fortnight · the six months of Uttarāyaṇa — those who depart by these reach Brahman, those who know Brahman." — Bhagavad-Gītā 8.24 — Makara-Saṅkrānti opens the Uttarāyaṇa-gate

A Saṅkrānti is the moment the Sun crosses from one rāśi (sidereal zodiac sign) to the next. Twelve per year · marking the cosmic clock. Makara-Saṅkrānti (Sun-into-Capricorn · January) begins Uttarāyaṇa (the northern course · the auspicious half-year for spiritual departure). Karka-Saṅkrānti (Sun-into-Cancer · July) begins Dakṣiṇāyana (the southern course).

DateDaySun EntersEnglish
1852-01-13TueMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1852-02-11WedKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1852-03-12FriMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1852-04-11SunMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1852-05-12WedVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1852-06-13SunMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1852-07-14WedKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1852-08-15SunSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1852-09-15WedKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1852-10-16SatTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1852-11-14SunVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1852-12-14TueDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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