Festival Guide
Makar Sankranti 2026
Makar Sankranti date, Surya transition, and harvest traditions
Makar Sankranti marks the Sun entering Makara rashi and is celebrated with harvest customs, charity, sesame sweets, and regional festivals.
Date
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Calendar basis
Solar or lunar calendar rule
Default location
New Delhi, India. Use city pages for local panchang context.
About Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti marks the Sun entering Makara rashi and is celebrated with harvest customs, charity, sesame sweets, and regional festivals.
HinduLab treats festival dates as calendar events connected to tithi, paksha, lunar month, solar transition, or fixed-date rules depending on the observance. For daily ritual timing, pair this guide with the panchang and muhurat tools for your city.
Common Rituals
- Offer prayers to Surya and begin the day with charity where practiced.
- Prepare sesame and jaggery sweets such as tilgul.
- Take a holy bath or perform morning worship according to family custom.
- Celebrate harvest gratitude through regional foods and gatherings.
Regional Notes
- Tamil Nadu celebrates Pongal across multiple days.
- Gujarat celebrates Uttarayan with kite flying.
- Assam observes Magh Bihu with harvest feasts.
- Maharashtra shares tilgul with the greeting for sweet speech and goodwill.
Helpful HinduLab Tools
Festival dates can be shared across regions, but exact ritual windows may depend on sunrise, sunset, tithi boundaries, and local tradition.
How HinduLab Calculates Festival Dates
HinduLab combines computed vrat occurrences, lunar festival rules, solar Sankranti transitions, and fixed Gregorian observances. The annual festival calendar is generated for the default location and then connected to city-aware panchang tools for local timing context.
Read the calculation methodology