Makar sankranti
Makar sankranti
Makara Sankranti or Maghi, is a celebration day in the Hindu schedule, committed to the divinity Surya (sun).
Makar sankranti
It is watched every year in January. It denotes the principal day of the sun's travel into Makara (Capricorn), denoting the month's end with the winter solstice and the beginning of longer days.
Date
Makara Sankranti is set by the sunlight based cycle of the Hindu lunisolar schedule, and is seen on a day which as a rule falls on 14 January of the Gregorian schedule, however once in a while on 15 January.It connotes the appearance of longer days.
Makar Sankranti falls in the Hindu schedule sun based month of Makara, and the lunar month of Magha (the celebration is likewise called Magha Sankranti or Magha celebration in parts of India).it denotes the month's end with winter solstice for India and the longest night of the year, a month that is called Pausha in the lunar schedule and Dhanu in the sun oriented schedule in the Vikrami framework. The celebration commends the primary month with reliably longer days.
There are two unique frameworks to figure the Makara Sankranti date: nirayana (without modifying for precession of equinoxes, sidereal) and sayana (with change, tropical). The January 14 date depends on the nirayana framework, while the sayana framework commonly figures to about December 23, per most Siddhanta writings for Hindu calendars.
According to the sun based schedule, following one year, the Sun goes to a similar area 20 minutes late consistently, which implies the Sun needs 1 day extra after at regular intervals in the sky. That is the motivation behind why Makar Sankranti now and again moves from 14 January to 15 January, etc.
Importance
This celebration is devoted to the Hindu strict sun god Surya. This essentialness of Surya is detectable to the Vedic writings, especially the Gayatri Mantra, a sacrosanct psalm of Hinduism found in its sacred text named the Rigveda. The celebration likewise denotes the start of a six-month promising period for Hindus known as Uttarayana.
Makara Sankranti is viewed as significant for profound practices and in like manner, individuals take a blessed plunge in streams, particularly Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri.
The washing is accepted to bring about legitimacy or pardon of past sins.
They likewise go to the sun and thank for their victories and prosperity.A mutual social practices found among Hindus of different pieces of India is making clingy, bound desserts especially from sesame (until) and a sugar base, for example, jaggery (gud, gur). This sort of sweet is an imagery for being as one in harmony and bliss, in spite of the uniqueness and contrasts between individuals.
For most pieces of India, this period is a piece of beginning times of the Rabi crop and farming cycle, where yields have been planted and the difficult work in the fields is generally finished.
The time in this manner means a time of mingling and families appreciating each other's conversation, dealing with the cows, and celebrating around campfires, in Maharashtra the celebration is praised by flying kites.
Nomenclature and regional names
Makara or Makar Sankranti is commended in numerous pieces of Indian subcontinent with some local varieties. It is known by various names and celebrated with various traditions in various pieces of the district:
Suggi Habba, Makara Sankramana, Makara Sankranti : Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Makara Sankranti or Makara Mela and Makara Chaula : Odisha
Makar Sankranti , Maghi Sankrant , Haldi Kumkum or Sankranti : Maharashtra and Goa
Thai Pongal, Uzhavar Thirunal: Tamil Nadu
Uttarayan: Gujarat
Maghi: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu: Assam
Shishur Saenkraat: Kashmir Valley[23]
Khichdi: Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar
Poush Sangkranti: West Bengal
Tila Sakrait: Mithila
In different nations too the day is commended by Hindus, however under various names and in various manners.
Nepal: Maghe Sankranti or Maghi-/Khichdi Sankranti
Bangladesh: Shakrain/Poush Sangkranti
Pakistan (Sindh): Tirmoori
Sri Lanka : ThaiPongal
Malaysia : ThaiPongal
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