The Kite-Flying Festival: Makar Sankranti 2025

All About Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival that celebrates the Sun’s transition into Makar(Capricorn). It is one of the few traditional Hindu festivals that are observed as per the Solar cycle. The season marks the end of winter and the new beginning of the harvesting season. The day also becomes the harbinger of Magh season. Makar Sankranti is a festival that is celebrated throughout the country in some or another way.
The most advanced concept of this festival is that there are 12 Sankranti in a year, just as 12 Zodiac signs. Well, the thing is, not all Sankranti is the same as the first Sankranti of the year. On this day, the Sun enters into the sign of Capricorn in the nakshatra of Uttarashada.

It is a very sacred, ancient, and highly celebrated festival of the Hindus. The festival is filled with so much sacredness that it even illuminates the life of an individual who is surrounded by darkness and negativity. Such is the stature of this festival. The Makar Sankranti is believed to escalate one’s cosmic intelligence, and the individual attains its full benefits.

Sankranti Festival Importance

The deep significance of this jazzy festival lies in its towering dedication to the Sun and other natural resources. It is a time of offering thanks and prayers to all such natural phenomena which are essential in our life. People worship and thank lord Surya for all the success and prosperity bestowed on them. Thus the blessings of the Sun clear all the hurdles which you may face and will make you move ahead in your career.

Makar Sankranti Rituals: About Sankranti Celebration In Pan India

India is a country of festivals. Thus, like every other festival, Makar Sankranti is celebrated with lots of decorations. People wear new clothes and savour homemade delicacies which are usually made of jaggery and til. In some parts of India, Khichdi is also eaten.  In Tamil Nadu, the festival is celebrated as a Pongal, and people eat rice boiled with fresh milk and jaggery with great zeal.


In Gujarat and Rajasthan, Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti is celebrated as a grand festival in these two states. Kite flying or Patang Utsav is the major attraction on this day. Its celebration begins in December, and the skies are filled with colourful kites.
In Bihar and Jharkhand, people plunge in rivers and ponds and feast upon seasonal delicacies as a celebration of a good harvest. The delicacies include Chura, sweets made of til, etc.


In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, it is a four-day festival. A day before the Makar Sankranti is known as Bhogi, in which people get rid of old things and burn them into the bonfire. The next day is the prime day known as Pedda Panduga when people don new and colourful attires and offer prayers and traditional food to gods as well as their ancestors.


In Kerala, the festival is known as Makaravilakku, i.e. an artificial light that is created three times on Sabarimala hills is joyously celebrated in Kerala on this day. Thousands of visitors come to witness this light as it is believed to be a symbol of celestial light.

Makar Sankranti and Its Astrological Significance

Makar Sankranti has a divine nuance to it as well. This period is supposed to be of optimum importance for sages and yogis for a new initiative in their spiritual odyssey. In general, people consider this time to be a herald of fresh beginnings and letting go of any horrid memories and associations of the past. Another aspect of this day is that on this auspicious day, the Sun comes from the Dakshinayan towards Uttarayan. This position of the Sun is very auspicious. From a religious perspective, on this day, Surya leaves all the issues with his son Shani Dev and comes to meet him at his house.


This is why the day of Makar Sankranti is also associated with happiness and prosperity. Makar Sankranti 2025 is more special and powerful as Capricorn stellium is going to make this Makar Sankranti more phenomenal where not one or two but a whopping four planets (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn,  and Mercury) will make a transiting in Capricorn in the upcoming month. This phenomenon in astrology is known as a stellium. What a way to begin the year — with this monumental, history-changing Capricorn stellium!


Like every year this year also Makar Sankranti 2025 will be celebrated on 14th January throughout the nation on Magh Krishna paksha Dwitiya. On this auspicious occasion, we must perform Surya Puja and Magha Nakshatra Puja as well as chant sacred mantras. On the occasion of Sankranti, we must avoid acts like marriage, intercourse, oiling the body, shaving/cutting, and initiating new ventures.

Makar Sankranti Wishes!

On this new year and the day of the radiant festival of Makar Sankranti, let’s look at the brighter side of life with new hopes and celebrate this festival with great devotion, fervour, and vivacity. Wish you all a Joyous Makar Sankranti.

The Significance of Makar Sankranti 2025: Sun Enters Capricorn

Makar Sankranti Date And Basic Facts

The festival of Makar Sankranti holds a lot of significance in Indian culture. The festival marks the movement of the majestic Sun in the sign of Capricorn. Makar Sankranti being a solar event, arrives on the same date every year in the Gregorian Calendar. In many parts of the country, it is also called ‘Uttrayan’.


Like most of the years, this year, too, in 2025, Makar Sankranti will fall on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The term Sankranti is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Sankramana’, which means “commencement of movement”.

Makar Sankranti Muhurats

Makar Sankranti Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Punya Kala: 09:03 A.M. to 17:46 P.M.
Maha Punya Kala: 09:03 A.M. to 10:48 A.M.

The Story Of Makar Sankranti

As per Hindu mythology, on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti, Lord ‘Surya Dev’ visits his son, Lord ‘Shani’, who is considered as the ruling god of Capricorn sun sign. It is a known fact that Lord ‘Shani’ and ‘Surya’ had a conflicting relationship, and despite this on Makar Sankranti, past bitterness is forgotten, and new beginnings are made. Talking about new beginnings, learn how your 2025 looks like, with your complete 2025 Horoscope.

Makar Sankranti & Connection To The Sun God

There are various types of Sankrantis, out of which two are major. The other is known as Karka Sankranti. Makar Sankranti marks the beginning of an auspicious phase in the year.The festival of Makar Sankranti is dedicated to the Sun God, who is considered a symbolic representation of divinity, wisdom and life as it brings forth the best in you. The blessings of the Sun can clear all the hurdles which you may face and will make you move ahead in your career.

Astrology Behind Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti is very important both Astrologically and Astronomically. Sun and Saturn are said to be inimical planets. However, on this day, Sun enters the house of Saturn (Lord of Capricorn sign) and stays for a month with his son.During this phase, the Sun forgets its anger towards Saturn, thus signifying the importance of relationships. Relationships are depend a lot on how your planets align with your partner’s planets. To know how compatible you are with your partner.

Makar Sankranti & The Farmers

Besides, Makar Sankranti is also very important for the farmers as Makar Sankranti is actually a harvest festival. Many farmers, along with families, worship their cattle, tools and land, thanking them for a good harvest and praying for a good crop output in the following year.In some remote villages, farmers are seen sitting together with their families and cattle to decide how and what should be cultivated in the following year.

Rituals To Be Followed On Makar Sankranti

Clean the house completely, especially the praying area.The person who will perform the ‘pooja’ should take a bath early in the morning.


The person should apply ‘tilak’ of rice flour and tie the ‘roli’ on his hand.In a ‘thali’, you can place ‘ghevar’, ‘til ladoos’ (both black and white) and any other offering you are willing to donate.


Sprinkle rice on the things one intends to donate.


Worship the deity ‘Surya Dev’ by lighting the lamp and chanting the ‘Surya mantra’ 12 times.


The Surya Mantra: “Om Hram Hreem Hroum Sah Suryaya Namah”.


Donate your offerings to the needy.

The Kite-Flying Festival

How can we talk about Makar Sankranti and not talk about the  kites? It is also a festival of kites where people gather on their terraces from the morning. They compete with other kites to ‘cut’ their thread (manja). Many cities also host local and international  kite festivals, too.
The celebration varies from state to state and region to region. The celebrations are diverse, delicacies prepared are distinct, methods of observing the festival are varied, yet the spirit and enthusiasm amongst the people are the same. Such is the beauty and wonder of this festival connected to our very loved Sun God.
Ganesha wishes all a very warm and joyous Sankranti!! Let us all begin a new life with bright light within us to shine brighter and brighter. May this Sankranti bring peace, prosperity, love and happiness to your life.