Makar Sankranti 2021 will bring happiness and prosperity for all humans on the mother earth. Sankranti has special significance for Hindus and Hinduism. People celebrate this festival when Lord Sun enters in Capricorn. This movement of Sun in Capricorn start auspicious period for marriage, mundan, engagement, house warming etc. This sun transit also end the one month of Kharmas and start holy period. This festival has huge significance for Hindus and they celebrate this festival across the world.
Let me tell you the details of Makar Sankranti in 2021. According to the Drik Panchang the Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on Thursday, 14th January. The Lord Sun will enter in Capricorn at 08:30 AM early morning and start Makar Sankranti 2021. This auspicious period of Makar Sankranti will continue for 09 hours 16 minutes.
How to celebrate Makar Sankranti in 2021
- On this day apply mustard body scrub and take a bath with in water mixed with pilgrimage water.
- If the water of pilgrimage is not available then mix milk and curd and take bath.
- Bathing in the place of pilgrimage or holy rivers has its own importance.
- After the bath worship your deity in home or in temple.
- You should never do scavenging teeth, speaking harshly, cutting of crops or trees, extracting milk of cow, buffalo or perform sex.
- Kites flying on this day have special significance.
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What to donate on this holy festival
Donation is very important on in this festival. Donating sesame seeds, khichdi, jaggery and blankets has special important on this day. You may also donate other items to poor and needy on this specious occasion. Let me tell you that, what could be the best item for donation on this Makar Sankranti based on your zodiac sign.
- Aries: Donate jaggery, peanuts and sesame seeds.
- Taurus: Donate white cloth, curd and sesame seeds.
- Gemini: Donate moong dal, rice and blanket.
- Cancer: Donate rice, silver and white sesame seeds.
- Leo: Donate copper, wheat and gold pearls.
- Virgo: Donate khichdi, blanket and green clothes.
- Libra: Donate white diamond, sugar and blanket.
- Scorpio: Donate coral, red cloth and sesame seeds.
- Sagittarius: Donate yellow cloth, standing turmeric and pearl of gold.
- Capricorn: Donate black blankets, oil and black sesame seeds.
- Aquarius: Donate black cloth, black urad, khichdi and sesame seeds.
- Pisces: Donate silk cloth, gram lentils, rice and sesame seeds.
Importance of Makar Sankranti for Hindus across the world
Bathing, donation and worship of Lord Sun have special significance in this festival. One can offer red clothes, wheat, jaggery, lentils, copper, gold, betel nut, red flowers, coconut, money etc. to Lord Sun. Donating on the holy period of Sankranti brings auspicious results and virtue.
According to religious scriptures, the chariot of Sun God turns towards north from Makar Sankranti. When this happens the lord sun faces towards the earth and start approaching the earth. This move decrease the winter and bring the heat. The crops begin to ripen.
