🪷 1864 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
1864-01-13WedMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1864-02-11ThuKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1864-03-12SatMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1864-04-11MonMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1864-05-12ThuVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1864-06-13MonMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1864-07-15FriKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1864-08-15MonSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1864-09-15ThuKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1864-10-16SunTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1864-11-15TueVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1864-12-14WedDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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