🪷 2091 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
2091-01-16TueMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2091-02-14WedKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2091-03-16FriMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2091-04-15SunMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2091-05-16WedVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2091-06-17SunMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2091-07-18WedKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2091-08-19SunSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2091-09-19WedKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2091-10-19FriTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2091-11-18SunVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2091-12-18TueDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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