Day of Thursday 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) · 2027
Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 220 minutes.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day is midnight to midnight on the place’s clock.
Day of Thursday 14 January
The transit does not fall in this day. Not taken.
Does not fall in this day
Day of Friday 15 January
Taken. The transit falls in this day.
Falls in this day
Aṅga
The Sun enters Makara at 03:40 on Fri 15 Jan.
2027-01-14T15:40:25Z · nirayana, lahiri-iae1985
Kāla
The day is counted from midnight to midnight, on the clock of Suva.
civil-day: midnight-to-midnight · Pacific/Fiji
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 13225 s
Ruling
Makara Saṅkrānti, Suva, 2027: Friday 15 January.
confidence: determinate
In Suva, Makara Saṅkrānti 2027 falls on Friday 15 January. The Sun enters Makara at 03:40 on Fri 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 | Fri 15 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 15 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 15 Jan |
| Counted from sunrise (the Orissa rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Thu 14 Jan |
| Past sunset, the next day (the Tamil rule) | CRC 1955, p. 244 | Fri 15 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 | 07:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Chicago | 09:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Jersey City | 10:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 11:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| London | 15:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Durban | 17:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Dubai | 19:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Delhi | 21:10 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Kolkata | 21:10 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Singapore | 23:40 | 00:00 | falls | 00:00 | no | 14 Jan |
| Sydney | 02:40 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |
| Suva | 03:40 | 00:00 | no | 00:00 | falls | 15 Jan |