Day of Wednesday 13 January
The transit does not fall in this day. Not taken.
00:00 midnightmidnight 00:00
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Does not fall in this day
Ruling · 2021 · Doha
Thursday 14 January2021 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Determinatemargin 345 min
In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 345 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours
The day is midnight to midnight on the place’s clock.
The transit does not fall in this day. Not taken.
Does not fall in this day
Taken. The transit falls in this day.
Falls in this day
The Sun enters Makara at 05:45 on Thu 14 Jan.
2021-01-14T02:44:55Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985The day is counted from midnight to midnight, on the clock of Doha.
civil-day: midnight-to-midnight · Asia/QatarThe festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from midnight. The transit falls on the 14th, not the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 106An instant falls in one day and no other. No tie-break is needed.
day counted from midnight → only-day · margin 20695 sMakara Saṅkrānti, Doha, 2021: Thursday 14 January.
confidence: determinateIn Doha, Makara Saṅkrānti 2021 falls on Thursday 14 January. The Sun enters Makara at 05:45 on Thu 14 Jan, and the rule counts the day from midnight. Counted from sunrise, as in Orissa, it is 13 January.
never edited to agree
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 14 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 14 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 14 Jan |
| Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Wed 13 Jan |
| Past sunset, the next day (the Tamil rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Thu 14 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
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 clocks
| Place | Sun enters Makara | Midnight 14th | Covered | Midnight 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:45 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | no | 13 Jan |
| Chicago | 20:45 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | no | 13 Jan |
| Jersey City | 21:45 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | no | 13 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 22:45 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | no | 13 Jan |
| London | 02:45 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Durban | 04:45 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Dubai | 06:45 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Delhi | 08:15 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Kolkata | 08:15 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Singapore | 10:45 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Sydney | 13:45 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Suva | 15:45 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |