Makara Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Makara
Saturday, 10 January 1761
The Sun crosses at 4:16 PM, your local time
The Sun reaches its southern limit and turns north: Uttarāyaṇa begins, the most auspicious turn of the year. Kept as Makara Saṅkrānti across the north, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Lohri in the Punjab, Magh Bihu in Assam, Uttarāyaṇ in Gujarat, the great harvest festival. In the Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma held back his death on the arrow-bed to leave his body once Uttarāyaṇa had come.
What is done, A pre-dawn bath (the Gaṅgā-snāna and the Kumbha bathing are timed to it), sesame-and-jaggery (til-gud) shared with the words "speak sweetly," charity, and the harvest feast, Pongal cooked till it boils over, for plenty.
Vināyaka Caturthī
Sacred to Gaṇeśa
Saturday, 10 January 1761
From the pañchāṅga
Vinayaka Chaturthi: the monthly fast of Lord Gaṇeśa on the śukla Caturthī, observed at midday (madhyāhna). Dates, timings, and observance, computed for your location.
How to keep the fast
A fast with worship of Gaṇeśa at madhyāhna (midday) and the offering of modaka, invoking the remover of obstacles before any new undertaking.
Breaking the fast, Broken after the midday (madhyāhna) worship.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
9:59 AM – 11:25 AM
2:16 PM – 3:42 PM
12:27 PM – 1:15 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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