Sankranti 2026

How the date is determined

1. A Sankranti is the moment the Sun enters a new sidereal rashi; there are twelve in a year.
2. The day and Punya Kaal follow the classical ghati spans for each kind of Sankranti (ghati = 1/30 of the daytime): Makara 40 after, Karka 30 before, Mesha and Tula 10 before and after, Vrishabha, Simha, Vrishchika and Kumbha 16 before, Mithuna, Kanya, Dhanu and Meena 16 after, kept within sunrise–sunset; Maha Punya Kaal is 5 ghatis. A Sankranti at night before midnight counts in the same day's afternoon, after midnight in the next morning (Makara always the next day).
3. Sidereal positions use the ayanamsa of your calculation profile; a different ayanamsa can shift the moment by several minutes.

Setting: Sankranti Punya Kaal: classical ghati spans per Sankranti type (as in most North Indian Panchangs). Dharmashastra texts give different Punya Kaal durations to different Sankrantis and some Panchangs differ in how they count ghatis; your regional Panchang may show a slightly different window.

Traditions may vary by region and Panchang convention. Times are shown for the selected place, time zone and calculation profile.