Makar Sankranti 2025: Makar Sankranti festival has special significance in Hindu religion. Makar Sankranti is celebrated when the Sun leaves Sagittarius and enters Capricorn. Every year this day occurs on 14 January. This time, the festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated in the conjunction of Punarvasu and Pushya Nakshatra in Magh Krishna Chaturthi.
Sun God is coming into Capricorn owned by his son Saturn on January 14, 2025 at 8:54 pm. According to the scriptures, the festival of Makar Sankranti is celebrated when the Sun ends its journey in Sagittarius and enters Capricorn. From this day the Sun moves from Dakshinayan to Uttarayan. Uttarayan is called the day of God.
Makar Sankranti and Pushya Nakshatra together
This year, special auspicious coincidences are taking place on Makar Sankranti. Due to auspicious coincidence, the importance of donating, bathing and chanting on Makar Sankranti increases. This year there will be Pushya Nakshatra on Makar Sankranti, it will start at 10.17 am on 14 January and end at 10.28 am on 15 January. The lord of Pushya Nakshatra is Shani Dev, while Makar Sankranti is also dedicated to Shani Dev.
Kharmas are also ending on Makar Sankranti, hence on the day of Pushya Nakshatra, this day will be very auspicious for shopping, auspicious work and investment.
Benefits of Khichdi
Khichdi eaten as Prasad on the day of Makar Sankranti is very beneficial for health. Digestion process starts running smoothly with Khichdi. Apart from this, if Agar Khichdi is prepared by mixing peas and ginger, it is very beneficial for the body. It increases the immunity of the body and also helps in fighting bacteria.
Environment changes with Makar Sankranti
After Makar Sankranti, the process of evaporation starts in the rivers, due to which many diseases inside the body are cured. Eating sesame and jaggery is very beneficial in this season. It keeps the body warm. Scientists believe that the sun’s heat reduces the cold in Uttarayan.
Importance of Makar Sankranti
- On the day of Makar Sankranti, a person attains salvation by bathing and donating in holy rivers like Ganga and Yamuna.
- It is auspicious to eat sesame, jaggery and khichdi on the day of Makar Sankranti festival. In some states of the country, it is also believed that donating rice, pulses and khichdi brings virtue.
- Worshiping Sun God on the day of Makar Sankranti is also considered very fruitful.
- In the Mahabharata war, Bhishma Pitamah had also waited for this time i.e. till the sun’s Uttarayan to sacrifice his life.
- After sunrise, after making khichdi etc., jaggery laddus with sesame seeds should be offered first to Suryanarayan and later donations should be made.
- You should add sesame seeds to your bathing water. Chant Om Namo Bhagwate Suryay Namah or Om Suryay Namah
- Recitation of Magh Mahatmya is also beneficial. Sun worship is beneficial. Water must be offered to the Sun on this day.
- Donate money for green grass and care of cows in a cowshed.
- Since it is winter time, do donate woolen clothes or blankets to the needy people.
The festival of Makar Sankranti is related to father and son.
On the day of Makar Sankranti, the Sun leaves the zodiac Sagittarius and enters the zodiac sign of its son Saturn, Capricorn, and stays there for a month. Due to this, this festival teaches us to resolve differences between father and son and establish good relations. When Sun enters Capricorn, one gets the blessings of Shanidev along with Sun by donating and consuming things related to Saturn.
One gets benefit from the wrath of negative planets in the horoscope. Makar Sankranti is also known by many different names. In some places it is known by names like Sankranti, Pongal, Maghi, Uttarayan, Uttarayani and Khichdi. On this day, both eating Khichdi and donating it have special significance.
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