Day of Monday 14 January
The transit does not fall in this day. Not taken.
00:00 midnightmidnight 00:00
23:3603:3607:3611:3615:3619:3623:36
Does not fall in this day
Ruling · Makara Saṅkrānti (Makarādi Snāna) · 2036
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 431 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day is midnight to midnight on the place’s clock.
Day of Monday 14 January
The transit does not fall in this day. Not taken.
Does not fall in this day
Day of Tuesday 15 January
Taken. The transit falls in this day.
Falls in this day
Aṅga
The Sun enters Makara at 07:11 on Tue 15 Jan.
2036-01-14T23:11:09Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985
Kāla
The day is counted from midnight to midnight, on the clock of Baoding.
civil-day: midnight-to-midnight · Asia/Shanghai
Rule
The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from midnight. The transit falls on the 15th, not the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106
Tie-break
An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.
day counted from midnight → only-day · margin 25869 s
Ruling
Makara Saṅkrānti, Baoding, 2036: Tuesday 15 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Makara Saṅkrānti 2036 falls on Tuesday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 07:11 on Tue 15 Jan, and the rule counts the day from midnight. Counted from sunrise, as in Orissa, it is 14 January.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 15 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 15 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 15 Jan |
| Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Mon 14 Jan |
| Past sunset, the next day (the Tamil rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Tue 15 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/makara-sankranti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“Makaradi — Makaradi snana, Magh Bihu (Assam), Tila samkranti, Pongal (S. India), Bhogi (S. India — on the day before Pongal), Mattu Pongal (S. India — on the day after Pongal).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106. “The following festivals are observed according to the day of Sun's transit into rasis (Ravi-samkramana). For this purpose the day has been taken to begin from midnight, i.e., when the samkramana takes place after midnight, the festival relating to the samkramana is to be observed on the following day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Sun enters Makara | Midnight 14th | Covered | Midnight 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:11 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Chicago | 17:11 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Jersey City | 18:11 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 19:11 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| London | 23:11 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Durban | 01:11 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |
| Dubai | 03:11 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |
| Delhi | 04:41 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |
| Kolkata | 04:41 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |
| Singapore | 07:11 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |
| Sydney | 10:11 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |
| Suva | 11:11 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |