🪷 2081 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
2081-01-15WedMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2081-02-13ThuKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2081-03-15SatMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2081-04-15TueMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2081-05-16FriVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2081-06-16MonMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2081-07-18FriKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2081-08-18MonSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2081-09-18ThuKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2081-10-19SunTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2081-11-18TueVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2081-12-17WedDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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