🪷 1891 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
1891-01-13TueMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1891-02-11WedKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1891-03-13FriMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1891-04-12SunMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1891-05-13WedVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1891-06-14SunMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1891-07-16ThuKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1891-08-16SunSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1891-09-16WedKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1891-10-17SatTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1891-11-16MonVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1891-12-15TueDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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