🪷 2151 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
2151-01-17SunMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2151-02-15MonKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2151-03-17WedMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2151-04-17SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2151-05-18TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2151-06-18FriMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2151-07-20TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2151-08-20FriSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2151-09-20MonKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2151-10-21ThuTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2151-11-20SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2151-12-19SunDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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