Makar Sankranti 2025: According to the calendar, the festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated this year on 14 January 2025 with full enthusiasm and religious devotion. This festival marks the beginning of the new season and arrival of the new crop. The day of Makar Sankranti has special significance from the religious point of view and it is considered a festival dedicated to Gods and Goddesses.
Religious importance of Makar Sankranti
According to the Puranas, on this day the Sun God enters Capricorn, which is seen as the beginning of Uttarayan. This time symbolizes spiritual and natural energy.
- Offering Arghya to Sun God: Offering water to Sun God and worshiping him on this day is considered very auspicious.
- Bathing in holy rivers: Bathing in the Ganga, Yamuna, and other holy rivers purifies the soul and provides virtuous benefits.
- Importance of charity: Helping the poor, donating food, clothes, sesame seeds and jaggery brightens a person’s luck.
Ways to please Sun God on Makar Sankranti
- Offer Arghya to the Sun: After bathing, put water, roli, rice and jaggery in a copper pot and offer Arghya to the Sun.
- Donate: Donate food, clothes, and other materials to the needy as per your devotion.
- Distribute sesame seeds and jaggery: This is not only considered auspicious but also brings sweetness in relationships.
What things to donate on Makar Sankranti?
Charity is an important part of this festival. Know what donations are considered auspicious:
- Food and grains:
- Importance: By donating food one gets the blessings of Goddess Annapurna.
- Benefit: There is no shortage of food and money in life.
- Jaggery and Khichdi:
- Significance: According to astrology, donation of jaggery and khichdi strengthens the position of the Sun in the horoscope.
- Benefits: Confidence and positive energy increases.
- Black Sesame:
- Importance: Donating black sesame seeds pleases Shani Dev and Surya Dev.
- Benefit: This brings happiness to children and mental peace.
What activities should be avoided on Makar Sankranti?
This festival is a day of positivity and earning virtue, so it is important to keep some special things in mind:
- Avoid lying:
- Speaking the truth brings virtue. Lies generate negative energy.
- Do not quarrel or hold grudges:
- Maintain unity in family and society.
- Do not consume intoxicants:
- This day is a symbol of purity. Stay away from alcohol and other intoxicants.
- Don’t ignore the poor:
- It is mandatory to do charity. Helping the needy brings positive changes in life.
- Do not eat stale food:
- Fresh and pure food should be consumed. Stale food can cause lack of energy.
- Avoid laziness:
- Wake up early, take bath and offer Arghya to the Sun God.
Benefit from the blessings of Sun God
Doing worship and charity on Makar Sankranti brings happiness, peace and prosperity in a person’s life.
- Arrival of wealth: Good deeds improve a person’s fortune.
- Spiritual progress: The deeds done on this day provide satisfaction to the soul and peace to the mind.
- Positive change: Good work and charity bring positivity in life.
