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VEDIC ASTROLOGY · SIDEREAL SUN

Vedic traditions · Sidereal charts & texts

Sankranti Calendar: Sidereal Sun Ingress Times

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Find when the Sun enters each nirayana rashi in 2026 or 2027. View modeled ingress instants in UTC and a chosen fixed-offset local clock.

SURYA SANKRANTI · 2026–2027

Each row marks the Sun crossing into the next 30° sidereal rashi. Select a local civil year and fixed UTC offset; the table includes Mesha and Makara entries alongside the other ten.

Choose a year

Example: UTC+05:30 for India. This is a clock conversion, not a city or regional observance selector. Where clocks change seasonally, use the UTC column and the location’s actual rule.

What is a sankranti?

For this calendar, a sankranti is the moment the modeled Sun’s nirayana ecliptic longitude reaches the next multiple of 30°. Mesha begins at 0° and Makara at 270° in the selected sidereal zodiac. The Positional Astronomy Centre’s Rashtriya Panchang overview lists Sun transits into nirayana rashis among its calendar data.

The same ingress has one UTC instant but different local clock dates. Festival observance and a traditional punya kala can depend on local sunrise and tradition-specific rules. They are not calculated here. Read the method and calendar distinctions →