🪷 2016 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
2016-01-15FriMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2016-02-14SunKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2016-03-14MonMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2016-04-14ThuMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2016-05-15SunVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2016-06-15WedMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2016-07-17SunKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2016-08-17WedSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2016-09-18SunKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2016-10-18TueTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2016-11-17ThuVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2016-12-16FriDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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