సంక్రాంతి

• ఈ వ్యాసం సంక్రాంతి పండుగ గురించి. ఇతర వాడుకల కొరకు, సంక్రాంతి (అయోమయ నివృత్తి) చూడండి.

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సంక్రాంతి means transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi (constellation of the zodiac in Indian astronomy) to the next. Hence, there are 12 Sankrantis in a year. Each Sankranti is marked as the beginning of a month in the sidereal solar calendars followed in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka,Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Gujarat. On the other hand, in the sidereal solar Bengali calendar and Assamese calendar, a Sankranti is marked as the end of each month and the day following as the beginning of a new month.

ముఖ్యమైన సంక్రాంతులు

• మకర సంక్రాంతి: Marks the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path, and the six-month Uttarayana period. The traditional Indian calendar is based on lunar positions, Sankranti is a solar event. The date of Makar Sankranti remains constant over a long term, 14 January or occasionally, 15 January.

• Maha Vishuva Sankranti: Also known as Mesha Sankranti and Pana Sankranti, is celebrated as the Oriya New Year and is marked as the end of a Bengali year. The day marks the beginning of the New Year in the traditional Hindu Solar Calendar. On this day, the sun enters the sidereal Aries, or Mesha rashi. It generally falls on 14/15 April. This day is also celebrated as Vaisakhi in large parts of India, as a day of new beginnings (New Year). It also marks the foundation of the Khalsa Panth.

• ధను సంక్రాంతి: celebrated on the first day of lunar Pausha month. In Southern Bhutan and Nepal it is celebrated by eating wild potatoes (tarul)

• కర్కాటక సంక్రాంతి : July 16, marks the transition of the Sun into Karka rashi (Cancer). This also marks the end of the six-month Uttarayana period of Hindu calendar, and the beginning of Dakshinayana, which itself end at Makar Sankranti.

ఇతర లింకులు

• Sankranti 2015