🪷 2014 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
2014-01-15WedMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2014-02-13ThuKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2014-03-15SatMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2014-04-14MonMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2014-05-15ThuVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2014-06-16MonMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2014-07-17ThuKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2014-08-18MonSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2014-09-18ThuKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2014-10-19SunTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2014-11-17MonVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2014-12-17WedDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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