Makar Sankranti
makara saṃkrāntiThe festival of the sun's entry into Capricorn around 14 January, marking the start of uttarayana; one of the few solar-fixed Hindu festivals.
Where this term appears
- Surya Namaskar: The Sun Salutation Yoga
It belongs, too, to the great solar festival of Makar Sankranti , when the sun turns north and the days begin to lengthen.
- Why do so many temples face east? Temples
At the Gavi Gangadhareshwara cave temple in Bengaluru, on Makar Sankranti in mid-January, the sun sends a beam through a precise gap so that for a few minutes the light crosses the dark interior and touches the…
- One Festival, Many Names Treatise
A few, like Makar Sankranti , follow the sun, fixed to a sankranti , and barely move.
- The Turning Toward Light Treatise
This is Makar Sankranti , the festival of the turning, and with it the year comes down out of the long autumn dark and begins, at last, to climb back toward the light.