Lamps lit in a row at dusk.

Festival · 2084

Makar Sankranti 2084

Falls on 15 January 2084 in Patna, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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The sky that day

The Moon
Shukla Ashtami
The Sun is in
Dhanu
The Moon is in
Mesha, in Ashwini

What the day is

The Sun turns north. Of every festival in the year this is the one fixed to the sky itself rather than to the moon, which is why it lands on nearly the same date each January while everything else moves. The cold has not broken yet — the turn is announced before it is felt.

How to keep Makar Sankranti

One act for the day

Give away something warm to someone who is cold, today, while it still matters. Til and gur to a neighbour is the old form; a blanket to someone sleeping outside is the same act.

The day, for Patna

15 January 2084

Tithi
Shukla Ashtami · until 12:15
Nakshatra
Ashwini
Sunrise – Sunset
06:37 – 17:20
Abhijit Muhurta
11:37 – 12:20
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The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.

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