🪷 1872 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
1872-01-13SatMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1872-02-11SunKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1872-03-12TueMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1872-04-11ThuMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1872-05-12SunVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1872-06-13ThuMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1872-07-15MonKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1872-08-15ThuSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1872-09-15SunKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1872-10-16WedTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1872-11-15FriVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1872-12-14SatDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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