🪷 1873 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
1873-01-12SunMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1873-02-11TueKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1873-03-12WedMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1873-04-12SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1873-05-13TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1873-06-13FriMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1873-07-15TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1873-08-15FriSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1873-09-16TueKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1873-10-16ThuTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1873-11-15SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1873-12-14SunDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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