🪷 2042 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
2042-01-15WedMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2042-02-13ThuKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2042-03-15SatMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2042-04-14MonMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2042-05-15ThuVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2042-06-16MonMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2042-07-18FriKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2042-08-18MonSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2042-09-18ThuKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2042-10-19SunTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2042-11-18TueVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2042-12-17WedDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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