Today, 14 January 2013 is Makara Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu, & Makaravilakku or Makarajyothi at Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple. Makara Sankranthi marks the transition of Sun into Makara rashi (Capricorn). It is celebrated as Pongal in Tamil Nadu; Lohri in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and some other North Indian states; as Magh Bihu in Assam. Makara Sankranthi is a biggest festival […]
Makara Sankranti
Makar Sankranti Puja 2013 Time, Sankranti Pooja Muhurat 2013
Read this article for Makar Sankranti Puja 2013 time or sankranti pooja muhurat 2013. Makar Sankranti puja – observing oil bath; preparing special recipe (Kheer / Khichdi), and offering naivedya to Lord Surya (other Gods – Shiva Parvati / Lakshmi Narayan), will be based on shubh muhurat. Surya Bhagavan enters into Capricron (Makara rashi) on […]
Makar Sankranti 2013 Phala, Results of Makara Sankranthi
Sri Nandana Nama Samvatsara Pushya Shukla Tritiya (Thadiya), Monday, on 14 January 2013, at 6.59 AM, in Dhanishta nakshatra Siddhi yoga Garaji karana and Makara lagna in Rudra Muhurtham, Surya Bhagavan enters into Makara Rashi (2nd Pada or Charan of Uttarashada nakshatra). Makara Sankranti marks the beginning of Uttarayana. It is to note that Maka Sankranti […]
Bhogi 2013, Sankranthi bhogi date in 2013
Bhogi is the first day of four-day Sankranthi festival in Andhra Pradesh. In 2013, Bhogi date is January 13. It is celebrated on Shukla Paksha Dwitiya (Vidiya) in Pushya masam (Poush Month) in 2013. Bhogi Mantalu or the sacred bonfire is burned during Bhogi to burn or destroy our sins and darkness in life. Bhogi […]