🪷 2168 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
2168-01-17SunMakara-SaṅkrāntiCapricorn
2168-02-15MonKumbha-SaṅkrāntiAquarius
2168-03-16WedMīna-SaṅkrāntiPisces
2168-04-16SatMeṣa-SaṅkrāntiAries
2168-05-17TueVṛṣabha-SaṅkrāntiTaurus
2168-06-17FriMithuna-SaṅkrāntiGemini
2168-07-19TueKarka-SaṅkrāntiCancer
2168-08-19FriSiṃha-SaṅkrāntiLeo
2168-09-19MonKanyā-SaṅkrāntiVirgo
2168-10-20ThuTulā-SaṅkrāntiLibra
2168-11-19SatVṛścika-SaṅkrāntiScorpio
2168-12-18SunDhanu-SaṅkrāntiSagittarius

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