🪷 1985 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
1985-01-14MonMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
1985-02-13WedKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
1985-03-14ThuMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
1985-04-14SunMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
1985-05-15WedVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
1985-06-15SatMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
1985-07-17WedKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
1985-08-17SatSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
1985-09-18WedKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
1985-10-18FriTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
1985-11-17SunVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
1985-12-16MonDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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