Day of Sunday 15 January
Taken for Pongal. The transit falls in this day. Bhogi is the day before.
17:49 sunset beforesunset 17:50
Sun enters Makara 12:03:24
17:2521:2501:2505:2509:2513:2517:25
Falls in this day
Ruling · Bhogi · 2068
Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day before Pongal, Sun 15 Jan. Clear of every threshold by 347 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset.
Day of Sunday 15 January
Taken for Pongal. The transit falls in this day. Bhogi is the day before.
Falls in this day
Day of Monday 16 January
The transit does not fall in this day. Not taken.
Does not fall in this day
Aṅga
The Sun enters Makara at 12:03 on Sun 15 Jan.
2068-01-15T04:03:24Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985
Kāla
The day is counted from the sunset before it to its own sunset: the day of the 15th ends at 17:50, and the day of the 16th ends at 17:51.
sunset-day: sunset-to-sunset · sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
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 14th and the 15th.
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 sunset → only-day · margin 20799 s
Counted
Bhogi is kept the day before Pongal: Sunday 15 January is the day taken above.
follows: pongal − 1 d
Ruling
Bhogi, Puning, 2068: Saturday 14 January.
confidence: determinate
In Puning, Bhogi 2068 falls on Saturday 14 January. It is kept the day before Pongal, which falls on Sunday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 12:03 on Sun 15 Jan. The rule counts the day from sunset to sunset, and the transit falls between the sunsets of the 14th and the 15th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 14 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 14 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 14 Jan |
| Counted from midnight | CRC 1955, p. 106 | Sat 14 Jan |
| Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Sat 14 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning. | ||
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 clock times.
| Place | Sun enters Makara | Sunset before 15th | Covered | Sunset before 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:03 | 17:06 | falls | 17:07 | no | 14 Jan |
| Chicago | 22:03 | 16:43 | falls | 16:44 | no | 14 Jan |
| Jersey City | 23:03 | 16:52 | falls | 16:53 | no | 14 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 00:03 | 18:02 | falls | 18:02 | no | 14 Jan |
| London | 04:03 | 16:19 | falls | 16:20 | no | 14 Jan |
| Durban | 06:03 | 19:01 | falls | 19:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Dubai | 08:03 | 17:50 | falls | 17:50 | no | 14 Jan |
| Delhi | 09:33 | 17:45 | falls | 17:46 | no | 14 Jan |
| Kolkata | 09:33 | 17:12 | falls | 17:13 | no | 14 Jan |
| Singapore | 12:03 | 19:15 | falls | 19:15 | no | 14 Jan |
| Sydney | 15:03 | 20:09 | falls | 20:09 | no | 14 Jan |
| Suva | 16:03 | 18:48 | falls | 18:48 | no | 14 Jan |