Notes: All timings are represented in 12-hour notation in local time of Cambridge, United States with DST adjustment (if applicable).
Hours which are past midnight are suffixed with next day date. In Panchang day starts and ends with sunrise.
In Tamil Nadu, Makara Sankranthi is celebrated as Pongal. The day following Pongal festival is known as Mattu Pongal. The day of Mattu Pongal is dedicated for livestock worship. People in rural areas worship cows and bulls and decorate them with different colored items.
The day of Mattu Pongal is notoriously famous for Jallikattu. Jallikattu is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day.
days to perform charity and fasting
a brief essay on Makar Sankranti
4 days Makar Sankranti festivities
type of different Sankranti in year
also known as Pongal and Uttarayana
first month in Hindu Solar calendar
e-greetings and e-cards for Sankranti
the great holy dip every 12 years
Vishwakarma Puja during Kanya Sankranti
Rangoli designs just for Sankranti
lyrics of Jay Kashyap-Nandan
Ashtottara Shatanamavali of Lord Surya
40 verse poem praising Sun God
