Day of Saturday 13 January
Taken for Pongal. The transit falls in this day. Bhogi is the day before.
18:17 sunset beforesunset 18:17
Sun enters Makara 15:12:57
17:5321:5301:5305:5309:5313:5317:53
Falls in this day
Ruling · 1973 · Manaus
Friday 12 January1973 · Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Determinatemargin 184 min
In Manaus, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day before Pongal, Sat 13 Jan. Clear of every threshold by 184 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 15:13 on Sat 13 Jan.
1973-01-13T19:12:57Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset: the day of the 13th ends at 18:17, and the day of the 14th ends at 18:18.
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 12th and 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 sunset → only-day · margin 11057 sBhogi is kept the day before Pongal: Saturday 13 January is the day taken above.
follows: pongal − 1 dBhogi, Manaus, 1973: Friday 12 January.
confidence: determinateIn Manaus, Bhogi 1973 falls on Friday 12 January. It is kept the day before Pongal, which falls on Saturday 13 January. The Sun enters Makara at 15:13 on Sat 13 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 12th and the 13th.
never edited to agree
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 12 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 12 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 12 Jan |
| Counted from midnight | CRC 1955, p. 106 | Fri 12 Jan |
| Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Fri 12 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Manaus. | ||
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 13th | Covered | Sunset before 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:13 | 17:04 | falls | 17:05 | no | 12 Jan |
| Chicago | 13:13 | 16:41 | falls | 16:42 | no | 12 Jan |
| Jersey City | 14:13 | 16:50 | falls | 16:51 | no | 12 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 15:13 | 18:01 | falls | 18:01 | no | 12 Jan |
| London | 19:13 | 16:16 | no | 16:17 | falls | 13 Jan |
| Durban | 21:13 | 19:01 | no | 19:01 | falls | 13 Jan |
| Dubai | 23:13 | 17:48 | no | 17:49 | falls | 13 Jan |
| Delhi | 00:43 | 17:43 | no | 17:44 | falls | 13 Jan |
| Kolkata | 00:43 | 17:11 | no | 17:11 | falls | 13 Jan |
| Singapore | 02:43 | 18:44 | no | 18:45 | falls | 13 Jan |
| Sydney | 06:13 | 20:09 | no | 20:09 | falls | 13 Jan |
| Suva | 07:13 | 18:48 | no | 18:48 | falls | 13 Jan |