🪷 2147 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
2147-01-17TueMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2147-02-15WedKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2147-03-17FriMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2147-04-17MonMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2147-05-18ThuVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2147-06-18SunMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2147-07-20ThuKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2147-08-20SunSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2147-09-20WedKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2147-10-21SatTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2147-11-20MonVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2147-12-19TueDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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