🪷 1868 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
1868-01-13MonMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1868-02-11TueKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1868-03-12ThuMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1868-04-11SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1868-05-12TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1868-06-13SatMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1868-07-15WedKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1868-08-15SatSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1868-09-15TueKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1868-10-16FriTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1868-11-15SunVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1868-12-14MonDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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