🪷 1884 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
1884-01-13SunMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1884-02-11MonKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1884-03-12WedMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1884-04-12SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1884-05-13TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1884-06-13FriMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1884-07-15TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1884-08-15FriSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1884-09-15MonKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1884-10-16ThuTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1884-11-15SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1884-12-14SunDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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