This year, the festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on 15 January. Actually, this time the Sun is entering Capricorn on January 14 at 7.50 pm and according to the scriptures, if there is a festival of Makar Sankranti in the evening then it is celebrated the next day. That is why in 2019, the festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on 15 January. It has been told in the scriptures that if the donation is done within six hours of the start of the day of Sankranti, then it has special significance, in this regard, after 1450 hours on January 14, after six hours, you will get the desired benefit. However, on 15 January, charity works can be done throughout the day.
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What is the significance of the festival?
As far as the special thing related to this festival is concerned, Makar Sankranti festival is also known as Uttarayan. On this day, the sun starts to move towards the north, which signifies the decrease of cold. This time, the festival of Makar Sankranti is falling on the occasion of Maha Kumbh. According to religious belief, Surya goes to the house of his son Shani, who was the ruler of Capricorn. Father and son generally do not get along well, so Lord Sun makes this day of the month a chance to meet his son. According to the scriptures, the period of Uttarayan is the day of the deities and the night of the Dakshinayan deities. In the Vedic period, Uttarayan was called Devayana and Dakshinayan was called Pitriyan. On the day of Makar Sankranti, the gods descend on the earth to receive the material given in the yajna.
Millions of people gather in holy rivers
On the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival, which is considered a symbol of the end of the winter season and the beginning of harvesting of crops, millions of people bathe in holy rivers across the country and offer prayers. In different parts of the country, people start bathing in rivers in the dark of night despite the bitter cold on this day. Devotees congregate in lakhs at the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad, Gangaghat in Varanasi, Kurukshetra in Haryana, Pushkar in Rajasthan and the Godavari River in Nashik, Maharashtra. The Magh Mela to be held in Allahabad on this festival and the one on the banks of Gangasagar in Kolkata is quite famous. This festival is very popular in Ayodhya too. Here a large number of devotees take a dip in the holy Sarayu and offer prayers to Maa Janaki in Ramlala, Hanumangalhi and Hanuman in Kanak Bhavan. A fair is also held in Haridwar during this time, in which the enthusiasm of the devotees is seen. On this festival, bathing in the pilgrimage Prayag and Gangasagar has been called Mahasanan.
This festival looks different in different parts of the country
Makar Sankranti is also celebrated by different names in different parts of the country. In Tamil Nadu it is celebrated as a festival called Pongal while in Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh it is simply called 'Sankranti'. A day before Makar Sankranti, this festival is celebrated as Lohri in Himachal, Haryana and Punjab. On this day, as soon as dark in the evening, a fire like Holi is lit with sesame, jaggery, rice and roasted maize and offered fire. This material is called Tilchhauli. On this occasion, people celebrate happiness by sharing peanuts, sesame seeds, gurjak, revids etc. among themselves.
Donation is of great importance on Makar Sankranti
Donating to the poor and needy is considered very virtuous on this day. Donating khichdi on this day is considered particularly fruitful. Various temples of the country are specially decorated on this day and the ban on auspicious works also ends on this day. Khichdi intake and khichdi donation are very important in Uttar Pradesh on this festival.
On this day in Maharashtra, all married women donate cotton, oil, salt etc. to other suhagin women on their first solstice. In Tamil Nadu, this festival is celebrated as Pongal for four days. Garbage is burnt on the first day, Lakshmi ji is worshiped on the second day and animal wealth is worshiped on the third day.
Pongal ki dhoom
To celebrate Pongal, after bathing, Kheer is made in an earthen pot in an open courtyard, which is called Pongal. After this, by offering Naivedya to the Sun God, everyone accepts Kheer as a Prasad. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the name of Magh-Bihu or Bhogali-Bihu in Assam, so on this festival in Rajasthan, Suhagan women get their mother-in-law a blessing by giving them Vayana.
Mythological facts
It is believed that during the Mahabharata period, Bhishma Pitamah had chosen Makar Sankranti to give up his body. On the day of Makar Sankranti, Gangaji followed Bhagirath and went to the ocean through Kapil Muni's ashram.
Makar Sankranti is considered to be the festival of Sun's transition. Makar Sankranti is celebrated when Suryadev reaches Capricorn from Sagittarius.
Sun's zodiac change is called Sankranti. This change occurs once. The importance of the Sun moving from Sagittarius to Capricorn is more important because at this time the Sun becomes Uttarayan from Dakshinayan. Uttarayan is considered the day of the gods.
How to celebrate Sankranti:
* On this day in the morning, apply boiling etc. Take a bath with water mixed with pilgrimage water.
If the water of pilgrimage is not available, then take bath with milk, curd.
* Bathing in the place of pilgrimage or holy rivers is more important.
After the bath, worship daily and worship your deity.
* In the saint, one should never do any work related to rash of teeth, speaking harshly, cutting of crops and trees, extracting milk of cow, buffalo and sex work.
* Flying kites is of special importance on this day.
Sankranti is a holy festival:
Uttarayan is the god of gods. This is a holy festival. Auspicious works begin with this festival. There is a possibility of attaining salvation by death in Uttarayan. The entry of the father into the zodiac sign of the son is virtuous, as well as the destroyer of sins. The sun rises in the east direction, 6 months in south direction and 6 months in north direction.
The time of Uttarayan is the day of the gods and the time of Dakshinayan is the night of the gods, Uttarayan is called Devayana and Dakshinayan is Pitriyan in the Vedic period. All auspicious works are performed in Uttarayan in Magh month after Makar Sankranti.
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In North India, this festival is known as 'Makar Sakranti' and in Gujarat as 'Uttarayan'. Makar Sankranti is celebrated as Lohdi festival in Punjab, Utrayani in Uttarakhand, Uttarayan in Gujarat, Pongal in Kerala, Khichdi Sankranti in Garhwal.
Bathing on the pilgrimage of Haridwar, Kashi etc. at the auspicious time of Makar Sankranti is considered special. Sun god is also worshiped on this day. According to the classical theory, while worshiping the sun, white flowers and blood colored flowers have special significance. On this day, along with worshiping the Sun, Arghya should be offered to the Sun.
The importance of donating on the day of Makar Sankranti increases compared to other days. On this day a person should donate food, sesame and good to as poor as possible. Donating sesame or laddus made of sesame or other sesame seeds is also auspicious. According to the Dharma Shastras, any religion works only when it is done with full faith and faith. You should donate as easily as you can.
Many mythological facts are associated with Makar Sankranti, some of which according to some, Lord Ashutosh had donated self-knowledge to Lord Vishnu on this day. Apart from this, the calculation of the days of the deities starts from this day itself. When the Sun resides in Dakshinayan, then that period is called the day of the Gods night and the six months of Uttarayan. According to the legend of Mahabharata, Bhishma Pitamah had chosen the day of Makar Sankranti to give up his body.
It is said that on this day, Ganga ji followed Bhagiratha and went to the ocean through Kapil Muni's ashram. That is why, on this day, bathing in the Ganges and bathing in pilgrimage sites is considered to be of special importance. Changes in weather begin from the day of Makar Sankranti. This is the reason that nights begin to be shorter and days become larger. Summer starts as the Sun moves towards the northern hemisphere. Heat and heat rise in sunlight. As a result, there is a development of consciousness and work force among beings.
On the day of Makar-Sankranti, God also incarnates on the earth, soul gets salvation, destruction of darkness and light comes. On this day, virtue, charity, chanting and religious rituals have special significance. On this day, donating jaggery, rice and sesame after bathing the Ganges and Suryopasana is considered to be the best.On the day of Makar Sankranti, sesame is used to fill in the items eaten. The fragrance of dishes made from sesame can be felt coming from every house on the day of Makar Sankranti. On this day, consuming sesame seeds as well as donating it is auspicious. Sesame boiling, use of sesame oil, bathing with sesame mixed water, drinking sesame mixed water, til-havan, consuming and donating sesame items reduces the sins of a person.
Our sages have considered the use of sesame on Makar Sankranti festival very carefully and made it a part of the tradition. It is said that from this day onwards, a mole grows a day. According to Ayurveda, it is suitable for autumn. From the point of view of human health, sesame has special importance, that is why the presence of sesame has been made compulsory in all our religious and auspicious functions, worship or havan, even marriage ceremony etc.
Why Sesame is important on Makar Sankranti ?
Sesame is a kharif crop in the rainy season. After sowing, the plant starts flowering in about two months and its crop is ready in three months. Its plant is 3-4 feet high. Its grain is small and flattened. Its three varieties are black, white and red. Among them, black sesame is nutritious and the best. Out of six juices of Ayurveda, four juices are in sesame, bitter, sweet and astringent juice is found together in sesame.
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