Day of Tuesday 14 January
Taken for Pongal. The transit falls in this day. Bhogi is the day before.
18:48 sunset beforesunset 18:49
Sun enters Makara 12:59:39
18:2422:2402:2406:2410:2414:2418:24
Falls in this day
Ruling · 1964 · Lagos
Monday 13 January1964 · Lagos, Nigeria
Determinatemargin 349 min
In Lagos, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day before Pongal, Tue 14 Jan. Clear of every threshold by 349 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours
The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset.
Taken for Pongal. The transit falls in this day. Bhogi is the day before.
Falls in this day
The transit does not fall in this day. Not taken.
Does not fall in this day
The Sun enters Makara at 13:00 on Tue 14 Jan.
1964-01-14T11:59:40Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset: the day of the 14th ends at 18:49, and the day of the 15th ends at 18:49.
sunset-day: sunset-to-sunset · sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′The festival is kept on the day of the transit, the day counted from the sunset before it: a transit after sunset belongs to the next day. The transit falls between the sunsets of the 13th and the 14th.
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 sunset → only-day · margin 20934 sBhogi is kept the day before Pongal: Tuesday 14 January is the day taken above.
follows: pongal − 1 dBhogi, Lagos, 1964: Monday 13 January.
confidence: determinateIn Lagos, Bhogi 1964 falls on Monday 13 January. It is kept the day before Pongal, which falls on Tuesday 14 January. The Sun enters Makara at 13:00 on Tue 14 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 13th and the 14th.
never edited to agree
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 13 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 13 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 13 Jan |
| Counted from midnight | CRC 1955, p. 106 | Mon 13 Jan |
| Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Mon 13 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lagos. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bhogi · 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 Tamil rule: In the Tamil districts the rule is that when a samkranti takes place before sunset, the month begins on the same day, while if it takes place after sunset the month begins on the following day.Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Rules of Samkranti, p. 244.
twelve places, west to east · local clocks
| Place | Sun enters Makara | Sunset before 14th | Covered | Sunset before 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:00 | 17:04 | falls | 17:05 | no | 13 Jan |
| Chicago | 06:00 | 16:41 | falls | 16:42 | no | 13 Jan |
| Jersey City | 07:00 | 16:50 | falls | 16:51 | no | 13 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 08:00 | 18:01 | falls | 18:02 | no | 13 Jan |
| London | 12:00 | 16:16 | falls | 16:17 | no | 13 Jan |
| Durban | 14:00 | 19:01 | falls | 19:01 | no | 13 Jan |
| Dubai | 16:00 | 17:48 | falls | 17:49 | no | 13 Jan |
| Delhi | 17:30 | 17:43 | falls | 17:44 | no | 13 Jan |
| Kolkata | 17:30 | 17:11 | no | 17:12 | falls | 14 Jan |
| Singapore | 19:30 | 18:44 | no | 18:45 | falls | 14 Jan |
| Sydney | 22:00 | 19:09 | no | 19:09 | falls | 14 Jan |
| Suva | 00:00 | 18:48 | no | 18:48 | falls | 14 Jan |