🪷 1968 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
1968-01-15MonMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1968-02-13TueKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1968-03-14ThuMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1968-04-13SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1968-05-14TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1968-06-15SatMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1968-07-16TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1968-08-17SatSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1968-09-17TueKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1968-10-18FriTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1968-11-16SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1968-12-16MonDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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