Meena Sankranti 2027
मीन संक्रांति
The solar transit into Pisces (Meena Rashi), the last month of the sidereal Hindu solar year. Observed with ritual bathing at sacred rivers and considered especially propitious for ancestral offerings.
Dates in 2027
Tue, 16 Mar, 2027 — Sun enters Meena (Pisces), the last rashi before the new solar year. Sacred bath and charity are prescribed.
Meena Sankrantiमीन संक्रान्तिyearly06:47 – 18:47sankrantisuryaSources (2)
- Muhurta Chintamani — Sankranti-prakarana (Shadashiti sankranti enumeration), verse 8 (Pyarelal Mishra Hindi ed., lines 2348-2374) — 'षडशीत्यानने सौम्ये परा नाड्योऽतिपुण्यदाः' (Meena/Mithuna/Kanya/Dhanu)Meena classed among the 4 Shadashiti sankrantis — 16 post-sankranti ghatikas are punyakala for snana, dana, charity.
- Padma Purana — Srishti-khanda, Sankranti-snana-dana-mahatmya, Shadashiti-Vishnupadi section (Gita Press Series 44, lines 30751-30800) — 'मीन और कन्या राशिकी संक्रान्तिको षडशीति कहते है ... षडशीति नामकी संक्रान्तिमें किये हुए पुण्यकर्मका फल छियासी हजारगुना'Explicitly names Meena+Kanya as Shadashiti — merit of any punya-karma multiplied 86,000 fold.
Authoritative source
— Dharmasindhu
मीन संक्रान्ति दान
Meena Sankranti Dana
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