🪷 2019 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
2019-01-15TueMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2019-02-13WedKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2019-03-15FriMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2019-04-14SunMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2019-05-16ThuVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2019-06-16SunMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2019-07-18ThuKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2019-08-18SunSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2019-09-18WedKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2019-10-19SatTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2019-11-18MonVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2019-12-17TueDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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