🪷 1890 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
1890-01-13MonMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1890-02-11TueKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1890-03-13ThuMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1890-04-12SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1890-05-13TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1890-06-14SatMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1890-07-15TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1890-08-16SatSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1890-09-16TueKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1890-10-16ThuTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1890-11-15SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1890-12-15MonDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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