Makar Sankranti is the first big festival in Hinduism in the new year 2025. Makar Sankranti occurs when the Sun God enters Saturn's zodiac Capricorn. On this day, people take a bath in holy rivers and then donate according to their capacity. Donating food and clothes is considered important. This gives a person virtue. There is also a law to worship the Sun after bathing. Sun God becomes Uttarayan from the day of Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti is also known as Khichdi, Uttarayan festival etc. Know from Tirupati's astrologer Dr. Krishna Kumar Bhargava when is Makar Sankranti in the new year 2025. What is the auspicious time for bathing and donating on Makar Sankranti? What is the meaning of Uttarayan on Makar Sankranti?

Makar Sankranti 2025 Date
According to the Hindu calendar, in the new year, the Sun God will enter Capricorn on Tuesday, January 14. On that day, the Sun God will enter Capricorn at 9:03 am. This time will be the moment of Makar Sankranti. Due to the transit of the Sun, Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on January 14. Most years Makar Sankranti is celebrated on January 14, but sometimes the Sun's Makar Sankranti falls on January 15, so Makar Sankranti is celebrated on that day as well.

Makar Sankranti 2025 Punyakaal
The total duration of Punyakaal on the day of Makar Sankranti on 14 January 2025 is 8 hours 42 minutes. The Punyakaal of Makar Sankranti is from 9:03 am to 5:46 pm.

Makar Sankranti 2025 Maha Punya Kaal
There is a Maha Punya Kaal of 1 hour 45 minutes on the day of Makar Sankranti. The Maha Punya Kaal on Makar Sankranti is from 9:03 am to 10:48 am.

Makar Sankranti 2025 Bathing-Donation Muhurat
On 14 January 2025, the auspicious time for bathing and donation on Makar Sankranti will be from 9:03 am to 10:48 am in Maha Punya Kaal. However, you can bathe and donate on Makar Sankranti even during Punya Kaal.

What to donate on Makar Sankranti:
Donating black sesame seeds, jaggery, khichdi, rice lentils, warm clothes, etc. on the day of Makar Sankranti is considered auspicious and fruitful.

Makar Sankranti Sun will be Uttarayan
From the day of Makar Sankranti, Sun God goes Uttarayan. From then the day of the Gods starts. From this day the Sun God transits from Capricorn to Gemini. In which 6 months of the Solar calendar come. With the Uttarayan of the Sun, gradually the heat increases and the cold starts decreasing. From Makar Sankranti, the days start getting longer and nights shorter. When the Sun God transits in Cancer, his Dakshinayan begins, and from that time the night of the Gods starts. In this the days start getting shorter and nights longer.