Kanya Sankranti 2025
कन्या संक्रांति
The solar transit into Virgo (Kanya Rashi), observed especially in Odisha as Nuakhai — a harvest festival celebrating the first eating of new rice. A significant time for ancestral rites and charity.
Dates in 2025
Wed, 17 Sept, 2025 — Sun enters Kanya (Virgo), beginning the Pitru Paksha period. Extremely important for pitru tarpana and shraddha. Dana of food and dakshina to Brahmins is highly meritorious.
Kanya Sankrantiकन्या संक्रान्तिyearly06:27 – 18:38sankrantipitrutarpanaSources (2)
- Muhurta Chintamani — Sankranti-prakarana (Shadashiti and Vishnupadi sankranti), verse 8 (Pyarelal Mishra Hindi ed., lines 2348-2374) — 'षडशीत्यानने ... परा नाड्योऽतिपुण्यदाः'Kanya, Mithuna, Mina, Dhanu sankrantis classed as Shadashiti — 16 post-sankranti ghatikas are ati-punya for snana/dana/tarpana.
- Narada Purana — Purvabhaga, Sankranti-punyakala-vichara, Sankranti-punyakala section (Sankshipta ed., lines 14751-14800) — 'कन्या, मिथुन, मीन और धनकी संक्रान्तियोंमें बादकी सोलह घटिकाएँ पुण्यदायक जाननी चाहिये'Explicitly fixes Kanya-sankranti's 16 post-sankranti ghatikas as the punyakala — start of Pitru Paksha begins here, making pitru-tarpana ati-shreshtha.
Authoritative source
— Dharmasindhu, Nirnaya Sindhu
संक्रान्ति स्नान एवं दान
Sankranti Snana & Dana
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