🪷 1978 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
1978-01-14SatMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1978-02-13MonKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1978-03-14TueMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1978-04-14FriMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1978-05-15MonVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1978-06-15ThuMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1978-07-17MonKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1978-08-18FriSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1978-09-18MonKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1978-10-18WedTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1978-11-17FriVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1978-12-16SatDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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