🪷 2079 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
2079-01-16MonMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2079-02-14TueKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2079-03-16ThuMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2079-04-15SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2079-05-16TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2079-06-17SatMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2079-07-18TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2079-08-19SatSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2079-09-19TueKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2079-10-19ThuTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2079-11-18SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2079-12-18MonDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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