Festival
Makar Sankranti dates
Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.
Also called: Pongal, Uttarayan, Maghi, Magh Bihu
The next one
Friday, 15 January 2027
Festival
The rule
What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
The day the Sun enters sidereal Makara (Capricorn). Solar, not lunar, which is why it barely moves in the Gregorian calendar while every other festival swings by weeks.
The day is settled by the tithi at sunrise.
Festival
Makar Sankranti dates
| Year | Date | Tithi | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Tuesday | Tuesday, 14 January 2025 | — | — |
| 2026Wednesday | Wednesday, 14 January 2026 | — | — |
| 2027Friday | Friday, 15 January 2027 | — | — |
| 2028Saturday | Saturday, 15 January 2028 | — | — |
| 2029Sunday | Sunday, 14 January 2029 | — | — |
| 2030Monday | Monday, 14 January 2030 | — | — |
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Other festivals
Each one with its own rule and its own dates.
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The whole calendar
Every festival and observance of the year, in one table.
Hindu calendar