Sankranti 2026 Date: Wednesday, 14 January
Makara Sankranti in 2026 falls on Wednesday 14 January 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). In the USA: Wednesday 14 January 2026. In the UK: Wednesday 14 January 2026. Also called Makara Sankranti, Sankranthi, Pongal.
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Next year: Makara Sankranti 2027 – Friday 15 January 2027
Makara Sankranti is the day the Sun enters sidereal Makara (Capricorn) and Uttarayana begins: the biggest harvest festival of the Telugu states, the middle day of the four-day Sankranti with Bhogi before it and Kanuma and Mukkanuma after. Homes are decorated with rangavalli and gobbemmalu, ariselu and other sweets are made, kites are flown and married daughters return to the parental home. It is a solar festival, so its date shifts only slowly (14 or 15 January), but when the ingress falls after sunset in India the festival moves to the next day while cities in the Americas keep the earlier date.
Timings by city: India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia
Every time is computed for the city's own coordinates and time zone (daylight saving applied); nothing is converted from IST. The last column is the part of the day the rule judges; the date is the day the tithi covers it. It is the window the tradition names for the observance, not a separately chosen muhurtham; we do not print other muhurthams because we have not verified them.
How the date is decided
Sun enters sidereal Makara; ingress in (previous sunset, today's sunset] -> today, after sunset -> tomorrow, in local time.
Date by city
Different date in 7 of 215 cities: Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Suva — the tithi is judged against each city's own sunrise and local time (daylight saving included), so the day can shift for cities far from India.
Local timings in Indian cities: Hyderabad · Vijayawada · Visakhapatnam · Tirupati · Guntur · Warangal · Bengaluru · Chennai
FAQ
When is Makara Sankranti in 2026?
Makara Sankranti 2026 is on Wednesday 14 January 2026 in India (Hyderabad, IST). In Sydney it is on Thursday 15 January 2026.
Which tithi is Makara Sankranti?
Sun enters sidereal Makara; ingress in (previous sunset, today's sunset] -> today, after sunset -> tomorrow, in local time.
How is the date of Makara Sankranti decided?
Sun enters sidereal Makara; ingress in (previous sunset, today's sunset] -> today, after sunset -> tomorrow, in local time.
What day of the week is Makara Sankranti 2026?
Wednesday.
What else is Makara Sankranti called?
Makara Sankranti is also called Makara Sankranti, Sankranthi, Pongal.
When is Makara Sankranti 2026 in the USA?
Makara Sankranti 2026 is on Wednesday 14 January 2026 in all 89 US cities on this site, the same day as in India.
Stotras commonly recited
Full text in Telugu: Aditya Hrudayam · all stotras
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- Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya)
- Friday 13 November 2026 – Nagula Chavithi
- Monday 16 November 2026 – Karthika Somavaram
- Saturday 21 November 2026 – Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi)
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Related
- Bhogi – Tuesday 13 January 2026
- Kanuma – Thursday 15 January 2026
- Magha Masam begins – Monday 19 January 2026
- Vasanta Panchami (Sri Panchami) – Friday 23 January 2026
- Ratha Saptami – Sunday 25 January 2026
- Magha Pournami – Sunday 1 February 2026
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