🪷 1869 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
1869-01-12TueMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1869-02-11ThuKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1869-03-12FriMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1869-04-12MonMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1869-05-13ThuVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1869-06-13SunMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1869-07-15ThuKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1869-08-15SunSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1869-09-16ThuKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1869-10-16SatTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1869-11-15MonVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1869-12-14TueDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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