Makar(a) Sankranti is the only Hindu festival based on the solar calendar instead of the lunar. Makar Sankranti is the celebration of the sun's journey from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere and ...

When is Makar Sankranti 2025?: According to religious texts, it is called Sankranti whenever the Sun transits from one zodiac sign to another. Every year in January, the Sun enters Capricorn.

Migrants from Konkan carried their own set of rituals to Poona with them where women entered their neighbours’ kitchens on Makar Sankranti and cooked rice on their stoves. They also left a coconut in ...

The start of Dhanur Mas is observed with special puja offered to Lord Jagannath. The festival of Makar Sankranti signifies the end of Dhanur Mas. This day, as all other Sankranti, is celebrated by ...

Karka Sankranti is the start of the monsoon season that marks the time agriculture, which is an important source of income in the country. Dakshinayana ends with Makar Sankranti and uttarayan follows.

Come January and India gears up for the first festival of the calendar year – Makar Sankranti! Celebrated all across the country, this festival is known by countless names such as Uttarayan, Bihu, ...

The festival of Makar Sankranti is considered incomplete without Khichdi. On this day, people make and eat khichdi and also donate khichdi. Although Urad dal and rice are important on Sankranti ...

It is observed as Lohri in the North, Pongal in the South, and Makar Sankranti in the West which usually falls on the 14th of Janurary. The rituals consist of offering red flowers and rice to the Sun.

For the past 30 years, a large community of the Indian diaspora in Hong Kong have gathered on January 14 to celebrate the kite flying festival called Makar Sankranti. The event was organised by ...