🪷 1885 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
1885-01-12MonMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1885-02-11WedKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1885-03-12ThuMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1885-04-12SunMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1885-05-13WedVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1885-06-13SatMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1885-07-15WedKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1885-08-16SunSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1885-09-16WedKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1885-10-16FriTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1885-11-15SunVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1885-12-14MonDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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