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#Karkataka Sankramana (#Dakshinaayana) - 17.07.2022 (Sunday)
> What is Dakshinayana?
> What is its significance?
> What is to be done on the day of Dakshinayana?
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> What is Dakshinayana?
> What is its significance?
> What is to be done on the day of Dakshinayana?
Stay tuned for an exclusive thread...... +++
Hindu calendar is broadly divided into 2 periods (Ayanas) of 6 M each comprising of 6 seasons (Ruthus) of 2 M each & 12 lunar/solar months of 30 days each (Maasas). 2 broad periods around which all spiritual & religious activities rotate R ref as Uttarayana & Dakshinayana. ++
Sun is D focal point for all these activities & D movement or transit of Sun around the zodiac forms basis for deciding a particular season R a month. We have 12 houses in D zodiac (360 degrees) starting from Aries & ending with Pisces with each house comprising of 30 degrees.++
👉Understanding Makara Sankranthi...
#SANKRANTHI...is a confluence of two words SAN + KRANTHI. #SAN means plenty, good and come together. #Kranthi means radical change. Sankranthi means plenty of good change. #SANKRAMANA means to begin to move.
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#SANKRANTHI...is a confluence of two words SAN + KRANTHI. #SAN means plenty, good and come together. #Kranthi means radical change. Sankranthi means plenty of good change. #SANKRAMANA means to begin to move.
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The time when Sun leaves one sign and enters another sign is known as Sankranthi or Sankramana or astrologically it is called transit.
The sign in which travel of Sun commences is the name given to that Sankranthi. +++
The sign in which travel of Sun commences is the name given to that Sankranthi. +++
There are 12 Sankranthis' (Sun’s transit) in a year starting from Mesha Sankranthi to Meena Sankranthi and the travel of Sun into Makara Raasi is known as Makara Sankranthi. It is holier than all the other Sankranthis’ that occur in the Hindu calendar year. +++
