🪷 1888 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
1888-01-13FriMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1888-02-11SatKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1888-03-12MonMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1888-04-12ThuMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1888-05-13SunVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1888-06-13WedMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1888-07-15SunKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1888-08-15WedSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1888-09-15SatKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1888-10-16TueTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1888-11-15ThuVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1888-12-14FriDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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