🪷 1861 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
1861-01-12SatMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1861-02-10SunKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1861-03-12TueMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1861-04-12FriMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1861-05-13MonVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1861-06-13ThuMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1861-07-15MonKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1861-08-15ThuSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1861-09-15SunKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1861-10-16WedTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1861-11-15FriVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1861-12-14SatDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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