Makar Sankranti is the day the Sun enters sidereal Capricorn (Makara), one of the few Hindu festivals fixed by the Sun rather than the Moon. Across India it is a harvest festival: Lohri, Pongal, Uttarayan, Bihu, Khichdi.
The days of Sankranti 2028
Lohri · Bhogi
The eve: Lohri bonfires in the north, and Bhogi’s farewell to the old in the south.
- Sunset
- 17:44
Makar Sankranti · Pongal
The Sun enters Makara and the harvest is thanked: til and gur, khichdi, kites and the first pot of Pongal boiling over.
- The Sun enters Makara (sidereal Capricorn)
- 03:23
- Punya kaal
- 07:15 – 12:30
Mattu Pongal
The day for the cattle who share the farm’s work: they are bathed, decorated and fed.
Times shown for New Delhi (UTC+5:30), computed with the Sunyra engine (sidereal Lahiri). Sunrise, sunset and the rising signs shift with your city, by up to an hour or more: check the panchang for your own place. Panchang for your city →
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