How Makar Sankranti Is Celebrated - Explained Here

In this article, you will learn How Makar Sankranti is celebrated Makar Sankranti is the main festival of Hindus.

How Makar Sankranti Is Celebrated

How Makar Sankranti Is Celebrated 

Makar Sankranti is celebrated in some form throughout India and Nepal. This festival is celebrated only when the Sun comes on Capricorn in Pushya Masa or in English calendar well known as  Month.

In the current century, this festival falls on the fourteenth or fifteenth day of January, on this day the sun enters the Sagittarius amount and enters the Capricorn. The difference of one day is due to the 366 days of the last year.

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Makar Sankranti is different from Uttaran. The Makar Sankranti festival is sometimes called Uttarayaniyani, it is wrong to believe that Uttarayan is also on this day.

Uttarayan is started on 21 or 22 December.

Approximately 1800 years ago, this situation happened with the state of Uttarayan, it is possible that due to this, Uttaranchal is considered to be the only place in some places.

In Tamil Nadu, it celebrates Pongal as a festival, whereas in Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, it is called Sankranthi only.

Makar Sankranti Different names in India 

  • Makar Sankranti: Chhattisgarh, Goa, Orissa, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal, and Jammu
  • Tai Pongal, Ujhavar Tirunal: Tamilnadu
  • Uttarayan: Gujarat, Uttarakhand
  • Maghi: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
  • Bhogali Bihu: Assam
  • Sishera Sankrath: Kashmir Valley
  • Khichdi: Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar
  • Paush Sankranti: West Bengal
  • Capricorn infection: Karnataka

According to the scriptures, Dakshinaayan is a symbol of the nights of the Gods that is the negativity and Uttarayan is considered a symbol of the day of the gods. Therefore, on this day chanting of chanting, charity, charity, bathing, shraddha etc. are of particular importance in religious activities.

It is such a belief that the donation given on this occasion is increased by a hundredfold. On this day the donation of pure ghee and blanket is attained by salvation. As it fits with the lower stanza-

On the occasion of Makar Sankranti donation on Gangasanan and Gangetta is considered to be very auspicious. On this festival, bath in the Tirtharaj Prayag and Gangasagar is called the Mahasanan.

Normally the Sun affects all the zodiac signs, but the entry of the Sun in the Cancer and Capricorn zodiac is very fruitful.

This entry or transition is done at six-six-month intervals. India is located in the Northern Hemisphere.

Before Makar Sankranti, the Sun occurs in the Southern Hemisphere i.e., is relatively far from India.

For this reason, here nights are long and the days are shorter and there is a winter season.

But the Sun begins to come towards the northern hemisphere from the Capricorn. Hence, from day to day, the days of small and day start growing and the summer season starts.

When the day is big, the light will be more and darker the night will be less. Therefore, the change in the amount of Sun on Makar Sankranti is considered to be moving forward from darkness to light. Increasing light will increase the vitality and functioning of the creatures.

Knowing this, our gratitude is expressed to the worshipers, worship, and worship of the Sun God in various forms throughout India.

Generally, all the dates of the Indian almanac system are determined by assuming the speed of the moon, but the Makar Sankranti is determined by the speed of the sun. For this reason, this festival falls only on January 14 every year.

Makar Sankranti festival of three days begins with the bhogi. Women prepare chi bhaji, made from various vegetables cooked in thick gravy or vegetable curry.

Bazarchya Bhatkari and various sesame shell desserts - Tilke Lado, Tiligul, Tilchi Vadi, Tilchi Poli, Tilchi Kunda etc.

The day is strictly followed as a celebration day. All things required on the next day, such as various fruits, vegetables, beads, earthenware, etc. are bought at home in the evening.

The next day is the main day, Capricorn transition Young boys are ready with their kites and visit temples, also we can that the sky is filled with thousands of kites.

Women will be busy cutting fruits and vegetables - carrots, pumpkin, gram seeds, etc. And fill them in big and small clay ports which are cooked and served.

The woman wears new clothes and goes to the temple of Vitthal Rukmini.


I have tried answering how Makar Sankranti is celebrated but I still feel that this article is still incomplete because crores of people celebrate this Hindu festival.

Some with different names but the intention is to welcome Uttarayana Punya Kala as per ancient scriptures.

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